Word problem in description

Question

The diagonal of a square parking lot is approximately 8,485 feet long.
(a) Find the length of one side of the parking lot. Round to the nearest foot.



(b) Find an approximate area of the parking lot.

Answer 1

The diagonal of a square forms two isosceles right triangles, in which side(√2) = diagonal.

 

Solve for "side"and the rest is easy.