document.write( "Question 81852: The question is not from the book
\n" ); document.write( "You have a square with 20 ft. sides, two people at opposite corners. How far apart are they?
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Draw the square
\n" ); document.write( "Label the sides as 20
\n" ); document.write( "Draw a diagonal connecting the two people.
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\n" ); document.write( "distance = sqrt(20^2 + 20^2)
\n" ); document.write( "distance = sqrt (2*20^2)
\n" ); document.write( "disance = 20sqrt2
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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