Question

A square painting has a diagonal of 44 in. Lorraine wants to frame the picture.

How many inches of frame will she need? Round to the nearest inch.

Answer 1

first we want to figure out the side length

any ideas how?

Answer 2

divide 44 by 2?

Answer 3

almost

Answer 4

to go from diagonal to side length we divide by

the square root of 2

Answer 5

oh!

Answer 6

let me know what you get

Answer 7

6.63 is the sqrt of 44

Answer 8

no no that's not what i meant

Answer 9

oh

Answer 10

what is the square root of 2?

Answer 11

oh 1? or do u want me to multiply 2 by 2 lol

Answer 12

what is the square root of 2?

Answer 13

use a calculator if you are unsure

Answer 14

lol its 4 im giving you a hard time, because your asking what is te sqrt of 2, it would be whats 2 squared

Answer 15

square root

Answer 16

4 is the square of 2, not the square root

Answer 17

what do you get when you type in sqrt(2) into your calculator?

Answer 18

no you got it backwards lol

Answer 19

when i sqrt 2 i get 1.4142135623730950488016887242097

Answer 20

good

Answer 21

now we divide 44/sqrt(2)

Answer 22

which is...?

Answer 23

31.112698372208091073637151932613

Answer 24

very good!

Answer 25

next step:

Answer 26

multiply that number by 4, since there are 4 sides

Answer 27

hold on i'll be right back

Answer 28

31.112698372208091073637151932613 * 4 = ?