SOLUTION: A fence around a square garden has a perimeter of 48 feet. Find the approximate length of the diagonal of this square garden.

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Question 557072: A fence around a square garden has a perimeter of 48 feet. Find the approximate length of the diagonal of this square garden.
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A fence around a square garden has a perimeter of 48 feet.
Find the approximate length of the diagonal of this square garden.
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48%2F4 = 12 ft is the length of one side of a square garden
Using Pythag, find the diagonal d
d = sqrt%2812%5E2%2B12%5E2%29%29
d = 16.97 ~ 17 ft