document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1120902>Question 1120902</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A log is 60 cm in diameter . Find the dimensions of the largest square section beam which can be cut from the log </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal of the square must be the diameter of the log, and that is 60 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means that the radius is the side  of a 45-45-90 triangle.  The hypotenuse of that triangle is rad* sqrt(2) or 30*sqrt(2) cm.  ANSWER\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of that square is 1800 cm^2. </SPAN>\n" );
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