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A boxing ring is in the shape of a square 20ft on each side. How far apart are the firefighters when thay are in opposite corners of the ring?
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\n" ); document.write( "Use Pythgoras:
\n" ); document.write( "Let the distance between opposite corners be \"x\".
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 20^2 + 20^2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 2*20^2
\n" ); document.write( "Take the square root to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 20*sqrt(2)
\n" ); document.write( "x is approximately 28.28 ft.
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