SOLUTION: Jacob stretched a 250-foot piece of rope from one corner of a square parking lot diagonally to the opposite corner?

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Question 971876: Jacob stretched a 250-foot piece of rope from one corner of a square parking lot diagonally to the opposite corner?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The diagonal of a square is side *sqrt (2)

250 feet of rope/sqrt (2) =176.8 ft. ; This answers the assumed question of how long is the side of the parking lot?



The sides are s
the diagonal is 2 sqrt (2)
If diagonal is s
side is s/sqrt (2)
Proof by a 1;; 1;; sqrt 2 triangle (45-45-90) using Pythagorean theorem.