Glen is planting square flower gardens surrounding a triangular fishpond as shown. If the sides of the triangular fishpond are 5 ft and 9 ft, how long is the hypotenuse of the pond?

feet

Step-by-step explanation:

We will use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this. Which states that:

One Length^2 + Another Length^2 = Hypotenuse^2

We can take one length as 5 ft and another length as 9 ft and we call the hypotenuse "h", so we have:

Now, let us solve for "h":

The pond's hypotenuse is about 10.3 feet

arrange the equations with like terms in columns.

analyze the coefficients of x or y.

add the equations and solve for the remaining variable.

substitute the value into either equation and solve.

check the solution.

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