Maria is planting a flower garden. Her garden will be shaped like a right triangle. She is going to plant different types of flowers along each edge. The two shorter edges are 15 feet and 15 feet. A) How long is the other edge? b) What is the total amount of fencing that Maria needs to buy to place a fence along each edge?

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Bird

19 February, 08:33

Maria is planting a flower garden. Her garden will be shaped like a right triangle. She is going to plant different types of flowers along each edge. The two shorter edges are 15 feet and 15 feet. A) How long is the other edge? b) What is the total amount of fencing that Maria needs to buy to place a fence along each edge?

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Darrell · Answer 1

a) 21.20 feet long b) 51.20 feet of fencing

Step-by-step explanation:

a)

a²+b²=c²

15²+15²=c²

225+225=c²

450=c²

√450=c

21.213=c

21.20=c

b)

15+15+21.20 = 51.20