SOLUTION: the diagonal of a square is 250cm how long is each side ? Plz help!!!

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Question 705226: the diagonal of a square is 250cm how long is each side ?
Plz help!!!

Answer by filboi(35)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use Pythagorean Theorem.
If you divide the square diagonally, the diagonal will become the hypotenuse of the triangle whose sides(x) are equal since it is a square.
So the formula is:


Solving for x, we get:
or 88.39

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