Question

A square field is to be hydro-seeded. The field has a diagonal length of 225 yards. How many square feet need to be hydro-seeded?

Answer 1

a square is a special rhombus, where all angles are right angles.

The area of a rhombus



x and y are the diagonal lengths

and the area of a rhombus is

\[A = \frac{1}{2} \times x \times y\]

in a square x = y

using this information you can find the area of the square.

but 1st change 225 yards to feet.

hope it helps

Answer 2

Thank you!