document.write( "Question 213090: find the length of a side of a square,given the following lenths of a diagonal 10\r
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Find the length of a side of a square, given the following lengths of a diagonal 10 \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem: Sum of the squares of the sides equals to the square of the hypotenuse. In this case the diagonal is the hypotenuse. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 2. Let s be the side of the square and let d be the diagonal of length 10.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 3. So the equation is the following and is solved as follows.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2+=+s%5E2%2Bs%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=2s%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%282s%5E2%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=s%2Asqrt%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%2Fsqrt%282%29=s%2Asqrt%282%29%2Fsqrt%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=d%2Fsqrt%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=10%2Fsqrt%282%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=7.071\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Step 2. The side of the square has length 7.071.\r
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