1. A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?
1. A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?
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1. A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if
you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?
2. A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from
one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance?
3. James must stabilize a telephone pole by attaching a cable to the top of the pole. The telephone pole is
32 ft tall, and the cable is attached to a spot on the pavement that is 8 ft from the foot of the pole. What
is the length of the cable?
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1. A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if
you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?
2. A soccer field is a rectangle 100 meters wide and 130 meters long. The coach asks players to run from
one corner to the other corner diagonally across. What is that distance?
3. James must stabilize a telephone pole by attaching a cable to the top of the pole. The telephone pole is
32 ft tall, and the cable is attached to a spot on the pavement that is 8 ft from the foot of the pole. What
is the length of the cable?
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