document.write( "Question 1082186: The midpoints of the sides of the square whose side is 8 cm are joined to form a smaller square. What is the area of the smaller square? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( " $\"s%2F2=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So using the Pythagorean theorem,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4%5E2%2B4%5E2=h%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"h%5E2=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=h%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=32\"$ $\"cm%5E2\"$
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