SOLUTION: The greenhouse floor has a diagonal equal to 28 feet. The sides are square. What is the length of one side?
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Question 66125: The greenhouse floor has a diagonal equal to 28 feet. The sides are square. What is the length of one side?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The greenhouse floor has a diagonal equal to 28 feet. The sides are square. What is the length of one side?
We'll use the Pythagorean Theorem:
28^2=s^2+s^2
28^2=2s^2 take sqrt of both sides:
28=s(sqrt2)
s=28/sqrt2=19.799 feet
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(19.799)^2+(19.799)^2=28^2
392.005+392.005=784
784.010~~784
Hope this helps---ptaylor
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