SOLUTION: The length of a square is 5, what is the diaganol of the square?

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Question 248469: The length of a square is 5, what is the diaganol of the square?
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I have no idea what a diaganol is -- some new cholesterol lowering medication maybe? However, the diagonal of a square creates an isosceles right triangle with two of the sides. Use Pythagoras:



You can do your own arithmetic.
John