SOLUTION: At a certain Japanese restaurant, the owner decided to buy square plates that allow a 20-inch chopstick to lie perfectly along the diagonal of the plate. What is the area of one o

SOLUTION: At a certain Japanese restaurant, the owner decided to buy square plates that allow a 20-inch chopstick to lie perfectly along the diagonal of the plate. What is the area of one o

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Question 1175803: At a certain Japanese restaurant, the owner decided to buy square plates that allow a 20-inch chopstick to lie perfectly along the diagonal of the plate. What is the area of one of these plates?
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The area of a square is half the product of its diagonals.

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