Please help, I am having some difficulty with this problem! The Varners live on a corner lot. Often, children cut across their lot to save walking distance. The diagram to the right represents the corner lot. The children's path is represented by a dashed line. Approximate the walking distance that is saved by cutting across their property instead of walking around the lot. right triangle, the hypotenuse is 42 feet, short leg is x and long leg is x+4
help will be very much appreciated! :)

17.262 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming they are cutting through using the hypotenuse, the distance they save is x+4+x-42, and is thus 2x-38.

The triangle can be solved using pythag to find the exact distance.

17.262 feet

$20.01

step-by-step explanation:

the sale price is (1.00 - 0.77)($87), or 0.23($87), or $20.01.

$4034.40

the perimeter of the field is the sum of the lengths of the four sides:

47 yd + 158 yd + 47 yd + 158 yd = 410 yd

the cost of 3 ft (1 yd) of fence is 3×$3.28 = $9.84.

so the cost of jake's wood perimeter fance is

(410 yd) × ($9.84 /yd) = $4034.40