SOLUTION: A diagonal of a square parking lot is 80 meters. Find, to the nearest meter, the length of a side of the lot.

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Question 1009733: A diagonal of a square parking lot is 80 meters. Find, to the nearest meter, the length of a side of the lot.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer. 57 m.

Solution

The side of a square with the diagonal d equals d%2Fsqrt%282%29.

57%2Fsqrt%282%29 =~ 56.569 m (approximately)