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The perimeter of a square is 48 inches.
What would be the length, in inches, of its diagonal?
trigonometry triangle
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The perimeter of a square is 48 inches.
What would be the length, in inches, of its diagonal?
trigonometry triangle
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
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asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
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Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
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In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
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The perimeter of a square is 48 inches.
What would be the length, in inches, of its diagonal?
trigonometry triangle
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
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47.7k870151
asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
MedexMedex
1671310
The perimeter of a square is 48 inches.
What would be the length, in inches, of its diagonal?
trigonometry triangle
trigonometry triangle
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
Blue
47.7k870151
asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
MedexMedex
1671310
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
Blue
47.7k870151
asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
MedexMedex
1671310
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
Blue
47.7k870151
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
Blue
47.7k870151
edited Oct 28 '18 at 10:08
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47.7k870151
asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
MedexMedex
1671310
asked Mar 30 '12 at 20:52
MedexMedex
1671310
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1671310
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closed as off-topic by Saad, José Carlos Santos, amWhy, Xander Henderson, Henrik Jan 1 at 15:46
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Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
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In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 21:21
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Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
2
In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 21:21
Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
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In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 21:21
In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
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Since the perimeter of the square is 48 inches, each side is 12 inches. Using the Pythagorean theorem ($a^{2}$ + $b^{2}$ = $c^{2}$), we have $$12^{2}+12^{2} = diagonal^{2}$$
$$288 = diagonal ^{2}$$
Thus, the diagonal is about $16.97$ inches.
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
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$4a=48$
$a=12$
Length of diagonal $l$, of Every square with lenght of side=$a$, is
$l=asqrt{2}$
$l=12sqrt{2}approx16.97 $
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
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Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
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2 Answers
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Since the perimeter of the square is 48 inches, each side is 12 inches. Using the Pythagorean theorem ($a^{2}$ + $b^{2}$ = $c^{2}$), we have $$12^{2}+12^{2} = diagonal^{2}$$
$$288 = diagonal ^{2}$$
Thus, the diagonal is about $16.97$ inches.
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
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Since the perimeter of the square is 48 inches, each side is 12 inches. Using the Pythagorean theorem ($a^{2}$ + $b^{2}$ = $c^{2}$), we have $$12^{2}+12^{2} = diagonal^{2}$$
$$288 = diagonal ^{2}$$
Thus, the diagonal is about $16.97$ inches.
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
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Since the perimeter of the square is 48 inches, each side is 12 inches. Using the Pythagorean theorem ($a^{2}$ + $b^{2}$ = $c^{2}$), we have $$12^{2}+12^{2} = diagonal^{2}$$
$$288 = diagonal ^{2}$$
Thus, the diagonal is about $16.97$ inches.
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
JoeJoe
3,82942451
Since the perimeter of the square is 48 inches, each side is 12 inches. Using the Pythagorean theorem ($a^{2}$ + $b^{2}$ = $c^{2}$), we have $$12^{2}+12^{2} = diagonal^{2}$$
$$288 = diagonal ^{2}$$
Thus, the diagonal is about $16.97$ inches.
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
JoeJoe
3,82942451
answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
JoeJoe
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answered Mar 30 '12 at 21:36
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$4a=48$
$a=12$
Length of diagonal $l$, of Every square with lenght of side=$a$, is
$l=asqrt{2}$
$l=12sqrt{2}approx16.97 $
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
add a comment |
0
$4a=48$
$a=12$
Length of diagonal $l$, of Every square with lenght of side=$a$, is
$l=asqrt{2}$
$l=12sqrt{2}approx16.97 $
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
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$4a=48$
$a=12$
Length of diagonal $l$, of Every square with lenght of side=$a$, is
$l=asqrt{2}$
$l=12sqrt{2}approx16.97 $
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
$4a=48$
$a=12$
Length of diagonal $l$, of Every square with lenght of side=$a$, is
$l=asqrt{2}$
$l=12sqrt{2}approx16.97 $
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
edited Dec 11 '14 at 14:27
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:12
Dheeraj KumarDheeraj Kumar
1,732822
1,732822
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
add a comment |
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
Do you want to change the very last equals sign? It should be an $approx$ sign because $12sqrt{2}$ is not equal to 16.97...
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:20
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
@JpMcCarthy You are right, it should be $approx$
– Dheeraj Kumar
Dec 11 '14 at 14:23
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
You can write $12sqrt{2}approx 16.97$ or $12sqrt{2}approx 16.9705627485approx 16.97$ or maybe $12sqrt{2}=16.9705...approx 16.97$. It is incorrect to write $12sqrt{2}=16.9705627485$.
– JP McCarthy
Dec 11 '14 at 14:26
add a comment |
Any clues as to what maths you might know which might help you to answer this? Have you tried drawing a diagram?
– Mark Bennet
Mar 30 '12 at 20:55
Can you find the length of a side of this square? Assuming you can do this, the diagonal will be the hypotenuse of a right triangle . . .
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 20:56
48:4=12, 12 inch. is each side of the square. Now use Pythagorean theorem to compute the diagonal.
– Salech Alhasov
Mar 30 '12 at 20:57
I picked this question from my GRE Book which has answer on it. But answer which i received is differing from Book Answer
– Medex
Mar 30 '12 at 20:59
2
In a case such as you described (Medex, comment #4), what you want to do is tell how you solved the problem (and give the specific answer you got), then give the different answer from the Book Answer (and say that it's the Book Answer), and then ask if the Book Answer is wrong or if you're wrong (could be both, of course), and if you're wrong, what your mistake(s) is (are).
– Dave L. Renfro
Mar 30 '12 at 21:21