SOLUTION: the area of a square is 144 square centimaters.find the length of the diagonal. write your answer in simplest radical form.

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Question 1009603: the area of a square is 144 square centimaters.find the length of the diagonal. write your answer in simplest radical form.
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For a square:



The sides of the square are 12 cm.
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The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a isosceles
right triangle with the square's sides as legs:
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S=length of sides; D=length of diagonals
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