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The diagonal of a square is 8 units. What is the perimeter of the square?

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Answer:

16√2 or 22.63 units to the nearest hundredth.

Explanation:

By Pythagoras the sum of the squares of adjacent sides of the square = 8 squared. So, if the side is x units long, then:

x^2 + x^2 = 8^2

2x^2 = 64

x^2 = 32

x = √32.

So the perimeter = 4√32

= 4*√16*√2

= 16√2.

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