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The area of a square battlefield was 22,500 square miles. How long will it take a group of soldiers to cross the field diagonally at the rate of 3.2 miles/hour? Show work and explain
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The area of a square battlefield was 22,500 square miles. How long will it take a group of soldiers to cross the field diagonally at the rate of 3.2 miles/hour? Show work and explain

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√(22500) = s \\\ diagonal = s √(2) \\\ s = 150, \ diagonal = 150√(2) \\\ diagonal \approx 212.132 \\\ 212.132/3.2 \approx 66.291 \ hrs
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