Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. His backyard is a 242424 meter by 454545 meter rectangle. He wants to put a chicken wire fence that stretches diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner.
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Step 1: Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the diagonal fence. Show more…
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