SOLUTION: 5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radic
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Question 717111: 5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radical form. Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5. A gardener wants to divide a square piece of lawn in half diagonally. What is the length of the diagonal if the side of the square is 8 ft? Leave your answer in simplest radical form.
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Let d = diagonal
then applying Pythagorean theorem we get
