SOLUTION: the distance diagonally across a square sandpit is 1.82 meters long . find the length of the sides of the sandpit

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Question 924079: the distance diagonally across a square sandpit is 1.82 meters long . find the length of the sides of the sandpit
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1.82m)^2 = 3.3124m^2
s^2 + s^2 = 3.3124
2s^2 = 3.3124 =
s^2 = 1.6562 (tossing out negative solution for unit measure)
s = 1.2869m