document.write( "Question 42346: Please help with this question: \"A square sheet of paper measures 27 centimeters on each side. What is the length of the diagonal of this paper?\"
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Please help with this question: \"A square sheet\r\n" );
document.write( "of paper measures 27 centimeters on each side. \r\n" );
document.write( "What is the length of the diagonal of this paper?\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the diagonal be x\r\n" );
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document.write( "      27\r\n" );
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document.write( "|'            |\r\n" );
document.write( "|  '          |\r\n" );
document.write( "|    ' x      |\r\n" );
document.write( "|27    '      |27\r\n" );
document.write( "|        '    |\r\n" );
document.write( "|           ' |\r\n" );
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document.write( "      27\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take off the upper half and you have a right \r\n" );
document.write( "triangle left\r\n" );
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document.write( "      \r\n" );
document.write( "|'            \r\n" );
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document.write( "|    '  c=x      \r\n" );
document.write( "|b=27  '      \r\n" );
document.write( "|        '    \r\n" );
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document.write( "   a=27 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Pythagorean theorem\r\n" );
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document.write( "c² = a² + b² \r\n" );
document.write( "x² = 27² + 27²\r\n" );
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document.write( "x² = 729 + 729\r\n" );
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document.write( "x² = 1458\r\n" );
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document.write( "x =  Ö729·2\r\n" );
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document.write( "x =  27Ö2 = or about 38.18 cm\r\n" );
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