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a farmer is searching his farmland, looking for a missing horse that went grazing in the field of newly cut hay. he finds himself on the opposite corner of where he started and wants to return to his truck as soon as possible. the field is 450 yd by 600 yd. how far will he walk if he walks diagonally across the field, and how much distance will he save instead of walking around the field? explain your answer. make sure to use the pythagorean theorem when solving this word problem.