SOLUTION: Find the area and perimeter of a square plot of land, the length of whose diagonal is 10 m.

Question 810711: Find the area and perimeter of a square plot of land, the length of whose diagonal is 10 m.

Answer by Charles3475(23) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have a square with a diagonal of 10 m.
The length of a side of the square is "s"
The Pythagorean theorem tells us that
Therefore, ; ;
Knowing the side we can figure the area as
We can also determine the perimeter as the sum of the length of the four sides:
Perimeter
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