leela walks 8 m west and 15 m north to reach the opposite corner of a rectangular field.lovely walked from the same point diagnolly to the opposite corner what is the distance walked by lovely
Distance walked by lovely=the diagonal of the rectangle. Sol.if we draw a diagonal on the rectangle , it contains two triangle.The hypotenuse of the triangles is the diagonal. Hypotenuse=base²+height² =15×15+8×8=(225+64)²=(289)²m=17m
