SOLUTION: 5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radic

Question 717111: 5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
.
Let d = diagonal
then applying Pythagorean theorem we get

RELATED QUESTIONS
A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length... (answered by KMST)

Sam wants to use a fence to divide her square garden in half diagonally. If each side of... (answered by Alan3354)

A gardener has 270 feet of fencing and wants to fence in a rectangular garden and then... (answered by josgarithmetic)

A square lawn has a 35 yard diagonal. How long is one side of the... (answered by josmiceli)

Joel is laying pipe for a sprinkler system before he plants his lawn. The lawn is a... (answered by Simnepi)

"a square piece of land is enclosed with fencing and then divided in half by additional... (answered by Mathtut)

If the side of a square is equal to 4, what is the length of the diagonal of the... (answered by Alan3354)

A square piece of paper is folded in half to make a rectangle. The perimeter of the... (answered by ikleyn,MathLover1)

If the diagonal of a square is 5 inches, find the length of one... (answered by checkley77)