SOLUTION: A log is 60 cm in diameter . Find the dimensions of the largest square section beam which can be cut from the log
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Question 1120902: A log is 60 cm in diameter . Find the dimensions of the largest square section beam which can be cut from the log
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Draw this.
The diagonal of the square must be the diameter of the log, and that is 60 cm.
That means that the radius is the side of a 45-45-90 triangle. The hypotenuse of that triangle is rad* sqrt(2) or 30*sqrt(2) cm. ANSWER
Area of that square is 1800 cm^2.
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