document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=68838>Question 68838</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The lawn in front of Kermit Middle School is in the shape of a rectangle 30 yd long and 16 yd wide. How much 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( "If you cut the square of 30x16 in half diagonally, you have a triangle with the dimensions of 30+16+(the square root of)(30^2+16^2). Simplify, and you get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30+16+(the square root of)(1156).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the square root of 1156? We'd need a calculator for that, but the answer is 34 (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34%5E2=1156 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34%5E2=1156\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means the total perimeter of the triangle is 46+34, or 80.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter of the rectangle is (30+16)*2, or 92. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "92-80=12, so you'd have to walk 12 yards less. </SPAN>\n" );
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