document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=675265>Question 675265</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular garden is 7 yards wide.  If you walked diagonally across the garden, you would walk 25 yards. How mahy yards long is the garden?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 7yds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = x yds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diagonal = 25 yds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"x\" using Pythagoras:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7^2 + x^2 = 25*2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = 625 - 49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = sqrt(576)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 24 yds (length)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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