A gardener is mowing a 20 yd-by-40 yd rectangular pasture using a diagonal pattern. He mows from one of the pasture to the corner diagonally opposite. What is the length of this path with the mower ? Give your answer in simplified form .

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Answer:

20√5 yard.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

A path is made in 20 yd × 40 yd rectangular pasture using the diagonal pattern,

So, the length of the path = Diagonal of the rectangle having dimension  20 yd × 40 yd,

Since, the diagonal of a rectangle is,

[tex]d=\sqrt{l^2+w^2}[/tex]

Where, l is the length of the rectangle and w is the width of the rectangle,

Here, l = 20 yd and w = 40 yd,

Thus, the diagonal of the rectangular pasture,

[tex]d=\sqrt{20^2+40^2}[/tex]

[tex]=\sqrt{400+1600}[/tex]

[tex]=\sqrt{2000}[/tex]

[tex]=\sqrt{400\times 5}=20\sqrt{5}[/tex]

Hence, the length of the path is 20√5 yd.