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Question 15 of 15Taniah is trying to find the area of the following square whereWY=10. What is the area?

Question 15 of 15Taniah is trying to find the area of the following square whereWY-example-1
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The area of a square given its diagonal (d) is computed as follows:


A=(1)/(2)d^2

In this case, the diagonal is 10 units long, then the area is:


\begin{gathered} A=(1)/(2)\cdot10^2 \\ A=(1)/(2)\cdot100 \\ A=50\text{ square units} \end{gathered}

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