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A city block is a square with each side measuring 104yrds. Find length of diagonal of city block. The length of the diagonal is approx how many yards?
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A city block is a square with each side measuring 104yrds. Find length of diagonal of city block.

The length of the diagonal is approx how many yards?

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the diagonal of square we will calculate by using Pythagoras theorem:
d^2 = a^2 + a^2
d^2 = 2a^2

if we square root each side we get:
d = a√2

Now we calculate d by expressing a value:
d = 104*√2 =147.078 yards

rounded the answer is d = 147 yards
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