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The diagonals are each twice the length of a side. True or false

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False, for example:
In a square with sides length 2, we can see that the diagonal is \sqrt{2^2+2^2}=\sqrt{8}=2\sqrt{2}

2\sqrt{2} is not twice the length of 2.
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This is only sometimes true in polygons
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