Commentary for Bava Batra 202:5

רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע אמר ארבע מערות לר"ש דעביד להו כי חרותא

But this [statement of R. Huna b. R. Joshua is [to be] rejected.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] var. lec. [H] 'imaginary'. V. B.M. 9a. n. 00. ');">⁹</span> For, it is to be observed, every cubit square has a diagonal of a cubit and two fifths [approximately]. [The diagonal of the square formed by the adjacent walls of any two grottos] measures eleven cubits and a fifth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each of the two walls being eight cubits in length, a square is formed whose diagonal is 8 + (8 x 2) / 5 = 11 1/5 cubits approximately. ');">¹⁰</span>

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