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Question from felicia, a parent: a diagonal walkway through a park is 18 meters long. If the park is a square, how long is one of its sides to the nearest tenth of a meter? |
Felicia,
Since the park is a square the lengths of the 4 sides are identical. Suppose the length of a side is x meters.
Triangle ABC is a right triangle. What does Pythagoras tell you?
Penny
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