document.write( "Question 397249: A Square has a diagonal of 7cm. What is the area? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #281583 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "A Square has all sides same; let the side be \"a\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a diagonal \"d+=+7cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a diagonal divides a square into two right triangles, so we will use Pythagorean Theorem to find \"a\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2+=+2a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%287cm%29%5E2+=+2a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"49cm%5E2+=+2a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"49cm%5E2%2F2+=+a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"24.5cm%5E2+=+a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+sqrt%2824.5cm%5E2%29+\".........we can round it to \"sqrt%2825cm%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+sqrt%2825cm%5E2%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+5cm+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the area will be:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+a%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+%285cm%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A+=+25cm%5E2\"\r
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