SOLUTION: In Little League, if a home plate is made by from a square by cutting 12-inch diagonal cuts that remove isosceles triangles from the corners, what is the length of the original sid
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Question 984048: In Little League, if a home plate is made by from a square by cutting 12-inch diagonal cuts that remove isosceles triangles from the corners, what is the length of the original side of the square?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The triangles have legs:
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Since the diagonals meet in the middle of the square,
sides of the square:
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