document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=550584>Question 550584</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a rectangular shaped swimming pool is 12.5meters long and 10.5meters wide when my sister swims from one corner to the other corner diagonally opposite , how many meters to the nearest tenth of a meters does she swim ? . (please with solutions )                                                                       </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #358885 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=358885\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pythagoras theorem states that						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The diagonal and the sides of the pool	form a right triangle		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hypotenuse ^2= leg1^2+leg2^2						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1 = 	12.5	m				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg2^2=	10.5	m				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Diagonal ^2=	12.5	^2	+	10.5	^2	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Diagonal ^2=	156.25	+	110.25			<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Diagonal ^2=	266.5					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take the square root						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Diagonal=	16.3	m	\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she swims 16.3 m			<BR>\n" );
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