Kathy Bransbury has a large piece of land in the country. Her land is a square plot and the northern edge is in a perfect east/west line (so is the southern edge if you think about it). The road enters her land at a point on the western edge 3 miles due south of the northwest corner and 7 miles as the crow flies from the north east corner. What is the area of the land in square miles?
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Kathy Bransbury has a large piece of land in the country. Her land is a square plot and the northern edge is in a perfect east/west line (so is the southern edge if you think about it). The road enters her land at a point on the western edge 3 miles due south of the northwest corner and 7 miles as the crow flies from the north east corner. What is the area of the land in square miles?
by Pythagoras Theorem 72 = 32 + S2 where S is the north edge of her square plot
S2 = 72 – 32 = 49 – 9
Area = S2 = 40 square miles
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