SOLUTION: A pipeline is built diagonally across a square field. Each side of the field is 7 kilometers long. What is the length of the pipeline?

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Question 1172886: A pipeline is built diagonally across a square field. Each side of the field is 7 kilometers long. What is the length of the pipeline?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi  

Pythagorean Theorem

 a^2 + b^2 = c^2

(a  and b being the sides of the square field)

7^2 + 7^2 = 98km^2

c^2 = 98km^2

c = 7√2 Km   the length of the pipeline built diagonally across a square field

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