Entry Exam Category: High School Equivalency Exams
Course: General Education Development (GED)
Exam: GED Math practice test
Practice Question
Laura walks every evening on the edges of a sports field near her house. The field is in the shape of a rectangle 300 feet (ft) long and 200 ft wide, so 1 lap on the edges of the field is 1,000 ft. She enters through a gate at point G, located exactly halfway along the length of the field.
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One evening on her walk, Laura walks across the field from point W back to the gate at point G. What is the distance she walks, in feet, from point W to point G?
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One evening on her walk, Laura walks across the field from point W back to the gate at point G. What is the distance she walks, in feet, from point W to point G?
Answer Choices
Correct Answer: 250
Rationale: From W to G is diagonal across rectangle (300 ft length, 200 ft width). G is halfway along length (150 ft). Distance = ˆš(150^2 + 200^2) = ˆš(22500 + 40000) ? 250 ft. Thus, the correct answer is 250.