SOLUTION: A log is 60 cm in diameter . Find the dimensions of the largest square section beam which can be cut from the log

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Question 1120902: A log is 60 cm in diameter . Find the dimensions of the largest square section beam which can be cut from the log
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw this.
The diagonal of the square must be the diameter of the log, and that is 60 cm.
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
Area of that square is 1800 cm^2.