document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=602681>Question 602681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The lawn in front of Pythagoras Jr. High is in the shape of a rectangle 24 m long and 10 m wide. How many meters shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the lawn rather than along two sides of it? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "plug in the two known values for a and b:  24^2+10^2=c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "square 24 and 10:                           576+100=c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add them together:                            676=c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the square root of 676:                    c=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 26 from the total distance you would have to travel to get your answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34-26=8 meters shorter. </SPAN>\n" );
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