document.write( "Question 741978: Please help me with this problem : Ginger made a small square table for her workshop with a diagonal that measures 55 inches. What are the measures of the sides ? ...... Thanks \n" ); document.write( "
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Ginger made a small square table for her workshop with a diagonal that measures 55 inches.
\n" ); document.write( " What are the measures of the sides ?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the sides of the square
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\n" ); document.write( "The diagonal is the hypotenuse of the square
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\n" ); document.write( "Using pythag: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
\n" ); document.write( "where
\n" ); document.write( "a and b both = x, because it is a square
\n" ); document.write( "c = 55
\n" ); document.write( "so we have
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + x^2 = 55^2
\n" ); document.write( "2x^2 = 3025
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 3025/2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 1512.5
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"sqrt%281512.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 38.9 inches is the side of the square \n" ); document.write( "
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