If sides of
Square
is 10 cm, then what
is the length of its diagonals
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Step-by-step explanation:
Explanation:
Start from a square
A
B
C
D
. Now consider the triangle
A
B
C
. It's a right triangle, whose catheti are the sides of the square, and whose hypotenuse is the diagonal of the square.
Now, Pythagoras' theorem tells us that
¯¯¯¯¯¯
A
B
2
+
¯¯¯¯¯¯
B
C
2
=
¯¯¯¯¯¯
A
C
2
But
A
B
and
B
C
are both sides of the square, and then they both equal a certain quantity
l
, while
A
C
is the diagonal and equals
10
cm. The previous identity becomes
2
d
2
=
100
⇒
d
2
=
50
⇒
d
=
√
50
If you like it, you can simplify
√
50
into
√
25
⋅
2
=
√
25
⋅
√
2
=
5
√
2
.
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