Question 1132719: Square MNOP has a diagonal of 12 inches. Find the length of each side of the square. Found 3 solutions by Boreal, MathLover1, Edwin McCravy:Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Square diagonals are the hypotenuse of a right triangle with two equal legs of length s
The diagonal is s sqrt(2), so if the diagonal is known and is d, the side is d/sqrt(2)
or d sqrt(2)/2
the side is 6 sqrt(2) inches.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Square has a diagonal of .
if the side of square is , and diagonal cuts the square in two right triangles, using right triangle we have
...........plug in -> exact solution-the length of each side of the square
->approximately
