document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=10478>Question 10478</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please advise the longest point to point measurement inside of a 48\" square box and how it was calculated? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #5561 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><B>askmemath(368)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><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=5561\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider a square ABCD.Then the longest point to point measurement would be between the vertices A,C and B,D.The line joining these two points is called the Diagonal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal can be found by applying Pythagoras' Theorem to the 2 sides of the square.Since all angles in a square are 90degrees,the diagonal becomes the hypotenuse and the sides of the square will become the sides of the triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this case D^2 = (48)^2 + (48)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D^2 = 2x(48)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D =  48 Root(2) </SPAN>\n" );
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