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A ballet teacher wants to divide his square classroom in half diagonally with masking tape. How much tape will he need if the side length of the classroom is 40 ft?
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A ballet teacher wants to divide his square classroom in half diagonally with masking tape. How much tape will he need if the side length of the classroom is 40 ft?

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the diagonal will be the hypotenuse. In a 40ft square, the triangle will me length=40, height=40. Use Pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse.
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