SOLUTION: The area of a square is 64 centimeters squared. Find the length of a diagonal.
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Question 281766: The area of a square is 64 centimeters squared. Find the length of a diagonal.
Answer by Mathematicians(84) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a square has a formula:
we have:
=> given it must be positive since we are talking about length
The length of a diagonal would make a triangle and from there you can use the Pythagorean theorem.
Where we have:
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