SOLUTION: sir, find the length of a side of a square, given the following lengths of the diagonal: 1) 16 2) 20 3) 4 square root of 2 pls help me bec, i dont really understand...

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: sir, find the length of a side of a square, given the following lengths of the diagonal:
1) 16
2) 20
3) 4 square root of 2
pls help me bec, i dont really understand...
This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by venugopalramana, Nate:
Answer by venugopalramana(3286) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sir, find the length of a side of a square, given the following lengths of the diagonal:
OK FORMULA FOR A SQUARE FROM PYTHOGARUS THEOREM IS.......DIAGONAL=SIDE*SQRT(2)
SO SIDE =DIAGONAL/SQRT(2)=DIAGONAL*SQRT(2)/2=0.717*DIAGONAL
1) 16..............SIDE =0.717*16=11.472...ETC..DO THE SAME WAY FOR OTHERS
2) 20
3) 4 square root of 2
pls help me bec, i dont really understand...

Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a square, side 'a' is equal to side 'b' ....
For Pythagorus Theorm:

1) 16

2) 20

3)

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