ACT Practice Exam - Math Set 4 Question 5
Channel: Benjamin Haley
Date: 2014-05-15

Taher has decided to create a triangular flower bed border. He plans to use 3 pieces of rectangular lumber with lengths 4, 5, and 6 feet, as shown in the figure below. Points A, B, and C are located at the corners of the flower bed.

After arranging the flower bed, Taher decides that the flower bed would look more attractive if 1 of the angles in the triangle were a right angle. He decides to place the right angle at vertex A and to leave the lengths of AB and AC as 4 and 5 feet, respectively. To the nearest 0.1 foot, how long of a piece of lumber would he need to replace the 6-foot piece represented by BC?

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