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How is the area found in this problem?

How is the area found in this problem?-example-1
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Answer:

if the diagonal is 48 cm long, then each leg of the square is:

leg = diagonal / sqrt(2) = 48 cm / sqrt(2) ≈ 33.94 cm

Then, the area of the square is:

area = leg^2 = (33.94 cm)^2 ≈ 1152 sq cm

Rounding to the nearest whole number, the area of the square is 1152 sq cm.

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