SOLUTION: A square lot 1.5 kilometer on each side is divided into five equal parts. The parts consist of four equal right triangles and a square at the center of the lot. What is the dimensi

Question 1176432: A square lot 1.5 kilometer on each side is divided into five equal parts. The parts consist of four equal right triangles and a square at the center of the lot. What is the dimension of the smaller square in meters?
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A square lot 1.5 kilometer on each side is divided into five parts of equal areas.
The parts consist of four equal right triangles and a square at the center of the lot.
What is the dimension of the smaller square in meters?
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The area of the small square  is   =  = 0.45 square kilometers = 450,000 square meters.


The side of this square is   = 670.8 meters.    ANSWER

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