SOLUTION: a square has a diagonal length of 10 meters. how long is the side of the square?

Question 262368: a square has a diagonal length of 10 meters. how long is the side of the square?
Answer by EMStelley(208) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember that the diagonal of a square splits the square into 2 right triangles. So we can use Pythagorean's theorem. Remember that

where c is the hypotenuse. So the diagonal is the hypotenuse here, and thus c = 10. Now, since we are dealing with a square, all the sides are the same length, so a = b. So we have:

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