Instead of walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field, a boy took a short cut along the diagonal and saved a distance equal to half the longer side. Then the ratio of the shorter side to the longer side is
A. 1/2
B. 2/3
C. 1/4
D. 3/4
Answer:D
Instead of walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field, a boy took a short cut along the diagonal and saved a distance equal to half the longer side. Then the ratio of the shorter side to the longer side is
A. 1/2 B. 2/3 C. 1/4 D. 3/4