5. The Martins are thinking of making a brick walk across their oval rose garden from point B to point C, as shown in the figure below. 27 yd 23 yd

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5. The Martins are thinking of making a brick walk across their oval rose garden from point B to point
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B 20 yards
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Given data:

The given longest side is H=27 yd.

The other side of the triangle is b=23 yd.

The expression for the Pythagoras theorem is,

b2+AB2=H2

Substitute the given values in the above expression.

23 yd2+AB2=27 yd2AB2=729-529 yd2AB2=200 yd2AB=14.142 yd14 yd

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