document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257512>Question 257512</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 'the area of a square garden is 128 meters squared. hoe long is its diagonal?'\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "can you please tell me the process to get to the answer? and the correct answer i should get? thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This will take a few steps to solve.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's first set up an equation to show an area of a square (we'll let x represent the side):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*x=128 rewritten as: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=128 Square root both sides will give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11.31 meters This is the length of each side of the square (rounded off). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we'll use this formula A^2+B^2=C^2 to solve the diagonal:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A & B represents the sides and C is the diagonal. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "11.31^2 + 11.31^2 = c^2 Calculate the left hand sign (rounded off to 128:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "128 + 128 = C^2 or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "256 = C^2 Now square root each side to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=16 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go the diagonal is 16 meters long. <BR>\n" );
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