You can do this exercise as a thought experiment or follow along with a real piece of paper and a ruler. You're trying to

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You can do this exercise as a thought experiment or
follow along with a real piece of paper and a
ruler. You're trying to determine the diagonal length of
a piece of paper by two methods. One is to measure
the diagonal with the ruler. Second method is to
measure the width and length, then calculate the
diagonal by using the Pythagorean theorem. Using the
first method, you measure the diagonal as 14". Using
the second method, you measure 8.5" by 11". squaring
each and adding, you get 193.25 sq in, then you take
the square root to determine the calculated diagonal
length. The calculator shows the number, 13.901439.
Should you write down all of these numbers in your
answer? Why or why not? What happens if, instead of
using 193.25, you round off in the middle of
your
calculation to 190 and take the square root?

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