document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=736279>Question 736279</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a walkway forns the diagonal od a square playground. The walkway is 24m long. To the nearest tenth of a meter, how long is a side of the playground?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I did:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x ^2 + x^2 = 24^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^4 = 576<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 4.89 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but then x^2+x^2 does not equal 24^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plus the book says the answer is 17 m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #449760 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=449760\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your second step is the mistake.  Try again:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2Bx%5E2+=+what ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2Bx%5E2+=+what\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The variables, not the constant.  Something about bases and exponents?... </SPAN>\n" );
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