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5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let d = diagonal
\n" ); document.write( "then applying Pythagorean theorem we get
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2+=+8%5E2+%2B+8%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2+=+2%288%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d+=+sqrt%282%288%5E2%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d+=+sqrt%282%2A8%2A8%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d+=+8%2Asqrt%282%29\"\r
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