SOLUTION: The area of a square is 144cm2. Find the length of the diagonal of the square. (The diagonal; NOT THE SIDES

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Question 1019546: The area of a square is 144cm2. Find the length of the diagonal of the square. (The diagonal; NOT THE SIDES
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The side length is 12 cm.

The diagonal is 12 sqrt(2) cm. You can see this by constructing 45-45-90 right triangles whose leg lengths are 12 cm.

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