document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=551827>Question 551827</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the area and perimeter of a square when you are only given the diaganol length of 18meters? Thanks:] </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #359959 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TutorDelphia><B>TutorDelphia(193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=TutorDelphia><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=TutorDelphia><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=359959\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The diagonal length is the hypotenuse to a right triangle where the sides have equal length\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the Pythagorean theorem we know that <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the sides a and b are the same we can rewrite it as <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide both sides by 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is my area formula for a square, 162 is my area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter will be 4*s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take the square root of both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=12.73m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4s=50.91 </SPAN>\n" );
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