document.write( "Question 1120603: If the diagonal of a swuare is 42.5cm long, find
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document.write( "(I)  If \"a\" is the side of the square, then, according to Pythagoras,\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"a%5E2+%2B+a%5E2\" = \"42.5%5E2\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"2a%5E2\" = \"42.5%5E2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"a%5E2\" = \"42.5%5E2%2F2\" = 903.125  =====>  a = \"sqrt%28903.125%29\" = 30.05 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        Then the perimeter of the square is  4a = 4*30.05 cm = 120.2 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(II)  The area of the square is  \"a%5E2\" = \"30.05%5E2\" = 903.0025 square centimeters.\r\n" );
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