document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=436154>Question 436154</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A holding pen for cattle must be square and have a diagonal length of 140 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of a side of the pen?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the area of the pen?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(An eaxact answer usings radicals as needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A holding pen for cattle must be square and have a diagonal length of 140 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of a side of the pen?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the area of the pen?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(An eaxact answer usings radicals as needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The solution in the post by @mananth is &nbsp;FATALLY &nbsp;WRONG.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I came to bring a correct solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Diagonal of pen = 140 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length of side of square = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by pythagoras theorem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + x^2 = 140^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 = 140^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 140^2/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 98.99494937 m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = x^2 = 140^2/2 = 9800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 9800 sq.m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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