Math in the Workplace - Geometry
JOHN SAWYER EXCAVATION
General Excavation
Excavator
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Job Description: Digging foundations for businesses and houses |
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Problem:
The following problem is used to make sure houses and buildings are "square" (sides form right angles).
If the length of one side of your house is 44 feet and the adjacent side is 68 feet, show that all corners form 90-degree angles.
The diagonals of a rectangle have equal measure. Show that the diagonals of the following figures are equivalent.
JOHN SAWYER EXCAVATION |
Solution:
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
442 + 682 = x2
6560
= x
80.99 = x
81 ft. = x
Should this number be equal to the length when measured, you will have a 90-degree angle.