Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/131 - The Garden Path

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 * The Garden Path
 * This is an old puzzle that I find frequently cropping up.
 * Many find it perplexing, but it is easier than it looks.


 * A man has a rectangular garden, $55 \mathrm {yds.}$ by $40 \mathrm {yds.}$,
 * and he makes a diagonal path, one yard wide, exactly in the manner indicated in the diagram.


 * Dudeney-Modern-Puzzles-131.png


 * What is the area of the path?


 * Dimensions for the garden are generally given that only admit of an approximate answer,
 * but I select figures that will give an answer that is quite exact.