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The perimeter of a square is 56cm. What is the approximate length of its diagonal?

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To find the answer, we can use the Pythagoras theorem, where:


\sqrt{a^(2)+ b^(2) } =c^(2)

Where a and b is the side length and c is the diagonal.

In this case:


\sqrt{56^(2) +56^(2) } </p><p>\\ =√(6272) \\ =79.19596... \\ =79.2(correct to 3 sig. fig.)

Therefore, the answer is 79.2cm

Hope it helps!

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