SOLUTION: a certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. two of its side measures 32ft. and 41ft. if the area of the land in the block is 656 sq. ft. , what is the length of its lon

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Question 941603: a certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. two of its side measures 32ft. and 41ft. if the area of the land in the block is 656 sq. ft. , what is the length of its longer diagonal?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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a certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. two of its side measures 32ft. and 41ft. if the area of the land in the block is 656 sq. ft. , what is the length of its longer diagonal?
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Note:: The area of the parallelogram is 1312 sq ft.
The 656 is half that area.
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Draw the picture.
You have a parallelogram with sides 32 and 41
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The diagonal = sqrt[32^2+41^2] = 52 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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