Application of Pythagorean Theorem

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Given a rectangular plot, distances from 3 corners to a garden water tap are shown.

Use Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the distance from the tap to the 4th corner.

Pythagorean Theorem can only be applied to right triangles.  In this situation, it seems like there are no right triangles but try to think outside the box.  

Watch the entire video to find out.  

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