SOLUTION: Find the length of diagonal of a square interms of its edge a

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Question 963669: Find the length of diagonal of a square interms of its edge a
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The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of the square as legs. Let a=length of sides, d=diagonal:

Find the square root of each side.


ANSWER: The diagonal is the square root of 2 times the side.

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