Well,Mr.

G,itlooks
likeyoumightneed
somehelpthere!To
figureouthowmuch
fencinghellneedto
enclosehishole,we
needtocalculatethe
perimeterofthat
irregularmasshecalls
agolfhole.

Beforewebegin,Iwillnotethatallthemeasurementsbelowareinfeet.

Letsbegin.Weknowthatthetworedaxesareperpendicular,andsoat
pointEwehavefourrightangles.ThismakesrighttrianglesADE,CEF,
DEG,andEFI.Wearealsotoldthatthebrightgreentriangles(whichare
thestartingandendinggreensofthehole,FYI)areequilateral,andso
theirsidesareallequal.

Tofindtheperimeter,wehavetotakethesumofalltheoutsidesides.
ThoseareAB,BC,CF,FI,IH,HG,GD,andDA.Soletsstart.

IHandHGcanbequicklytakencareof.HIisequalto36,andsince
triangleGHIisequilateral,HGmustalsoequal36:
AB+BC+CF+FI+36+36+GD+DA

ABandBCarealsofairlysimple.ABisequalto56,andsincetriangle
ABCisequilateral,BCmustalsoequal56:
56+56+CF+FI+36+36+GD+DA

CFcanbesolvedusingthePythagoreanTheorem.EFisknowntobe21,
andwecanfindCEsinceweknowthatAC==CEandthatACisoneof

threesidesonequilateraltriangleABC,inwhichthesidelengthis56CE
is56.SonowwecanusethesenumbersinthePythagoreanTheorem:
21^2+56^2=x^2
441+3136=x^2
x^2=3577
x=sqrt(3185)=7*sqrt(73)
Thatsasfaraswellgetforsimplifyingtheradical.
56+56+(7*sqrt73)+FI+36+36+GD+DA

FIcanbesolvedusingthePythagoreanTheorem.EFisknowntobe21,
andwecanfindEIsinceweknowthatEG==GIandthatGIisoneof
threesidesonequilateraltriangleGHI,inwhichthesidelengthis36EI
isdouble36,whichis72.Sonowwecanusethesenumbersinthe
PythagoreanTheorem:
72^2+21^2=x^2
5184+441=x^2
x^2=5625
x=75
AndsoweknowFIisequalto75.
56+56+(7*sqrt73)+75+36+36+GD+DA

GDcanbesolvedusingthePythagoreanTheorem.DEisknowntobe15,
andwecanfindEGsinceweknowthatEG==GIandthatGIisoneof
threesidesonequilateraltriangleGHI,inwhichthesidelengthis36EG
is36.SonowwecanusethesenumbersinthePythagoreanTheorem:
36^2+15^2=x^2
1296+225=x^2
x^2=1521
x=39
AndsoweknowGDisequalto39.
56+56+(7*sqrt73)+75+36+36+39+DA

DAcanbesolvedusingthePythagoreanTheorem.DEisknowntobe15,
andwecanfindAEsinceweknowthatAC==CEandthatACisoneof
threesidesonequilateraltriangleABC,inwhichthesidelengthis56AE
isdouble56,whichis112.Sonowwecanusethesenumbersinthe
PythagoreanTheorem:
112^2+15^2=x^2
12544+225=x^2
x^2=12769
x=113
AndsoweknowDAisequalto113.
56+56+(7*sqrt73)+75+36+36+39+113

Nowweknowallthesidesnecessarytogetusaresult.Wejustneedto
takethesumofallthenumbersweknow:

56+56+(7*sqrt73)+75+36+36+39+113=411+(7*sqrt73)

AndifwewanttogiveMr.Ganapproximatevaluefor411+(7*sqrt73)...

Sir,youregoingtoneedabout60feetoffencing.

DONE