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A square sheet of paper is folded diagonally. What is the length of LN?

A) 10 in.
B) 20 in.
C) 10√2
D) 5√4

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Missing givens:
Length of side of the paper is 10 in
LN is the diagonal of the square

Answer:
C) 10√2 in

Step-by-step explanation:
A square has 4 equal sides. This means that all four sides of the square are equal to 10 in.
Now, folding a square diagonally will lead to the formation of two congruent right-angled triangles (check the attachment).
We need to get the length of LN which is the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle.
This means that we can apply the Pythagorean theorem:
(hypotenuse)² = (side1)² + (side2)²
(LN)² = (10)² + (10)²
(LN)² = 200
LN = √200
LN = 10√2 in

Hope this helps :)
A square sheet of paper is folded diagonally. What is the length of LN? A) 10 in. B-example-1
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