a rectangular park is 14 miles long and 7 miles wide. how long is a pedestrian route that runs diagonally across the park

Question

a rectangular park is 14 miles long and 7 miles wide. how long is a pedestrian route that runs diagonally across the park?

 

Answer 1

It must be the hypotenuse of a right triangle of sides 14 and 7 miles.

 

r = √(14² + 7²) miles = √245 miles ≅ 15.65 miles