SOLUTION: find the area of each figure described: a square with diagonal 4cm

SOLUTION: find the area of each figure described: a square with diagonal 4cm

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Question 284968: find the area of each figure described:
a square with diagonal 4cm
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
to find the area we need to know the s^2
to find the ^2 we use the pythagorean theorem since the diagonal will be the hypotenuse.
2s^2=4^2
2s^2=16
s^2=8
area=s^2=8

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