Please answer this, I’m a bit confused... Will ran the diagonal distance across a square field measuring 40 yards on each side. James ran the diagonal distance across a rectangular field with a length of 25 yards and a width of 35 yards. Who ran a longer distance, and how much longer did he run?

The distance across a rectangular field is longer distance.

So, Perimeter of rectangle would be 120 yards.

Diagonal of square would be 56.56 yards.

step-by-step explanation: given equation a = h(b 1+b 2)

also we are given values of a, h and b 1 as :

a = 16, h = 4, and b 1 = 3.

in order to solve it for b 2, we need to plug the given values of   a, h and b 1 .

therefore, plugging values of   a, h and b 1   in given equation, we get

16 = 4( 3 + b 2)

first dividing both sides by 4, we get

4 = 3 + b 2

subtracting 3 from both sides, we get

4 -3 = 3 -3 + b 2

1 = b 2.