document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971876>Question 971876</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jacob stretched a 250-foot piece of rope from one corner of a square parking lot diagonally to the opposite corner?<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 #594256 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=594256\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The diagonal of a square is side *sqrt (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "250 feet of rope/sqrt (2) =176.8 ft.  ; This answers the assumed question of how long is the side of the parking lot?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sides are s <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the diagonal is 2 sqrt (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If diagonal is s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side is s/sqrt (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proof by a 1;; 1;; sqrt 2 triangle (45-45-90) using Pythagorean theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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