SOLUTION: A holding pen for cattle must be square and have a diagonal length of 140 meters A. find the length of 1 side of the pen B. find the area of the pen (an exact answer us

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Question 435674: A holding pen for cattle must be square and have a diagonal length of 140 meters
A. find the length of 1 side of the pen
B. find the area of the pen
(an exact answer using radicals as needed)

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, robertb:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
s = side length

= Area in sq meters


Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

==>
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==> <---length of one side of the pen.
(This can also be gotten by simply dividing 140 by .)
Because , the area of the pen is 9800 square meters.

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