Alice and Amy decide to meet at a party. From a corner of the party hall, Amy spots Alice at the corner of the hall diagonally o
pposite her. If the party hall is a rectangle that measures 100 feet by 60 feet, what is the shortest distance Amy has to walk to reach Alice? Round your answer to the nearest foot..
Given that the hall is rectangular in shape, then the shortest path that Amy must travel to reach Alice would be through the hall's diagonal.
Applying the Pythagorean theorem, with the length and width as the legs and the diagonal as the hypotenuse of the right triangle. Thus,
diagonal = √ ( 100² + 60²) = √13 600 ≈ 116.62 ft
The shortest distance, rounded off to the nearest foot, is 117 ft<span>. </span>
