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Two vertices of a square are (12, 0) and (12, 12). What is the smallest possible area the square can have? Why is the answer 72 instead of 144? Can someone explain?
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Two vertices of a square are (12, 0) and (12, 12). What is the smallest possible area the square can have?

Why is the answer 72 instead of 144? Can someone explain?

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it is 72 because it is the smallest possible area the square can  have
User Nikos Tsagkas
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the answer is 72 because the vertices are on the lower left corner and the upper right corner. which means that 12 units is the length of the hypotenuse.
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