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Find the area of a square diagonal is 10√2

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Answer:

100 square units

Explanation:

You want the area of a square that has a diagonal length of 10√2.

Rhombus

A square is a rhombus, with perpendicular diagonals. A square is also a rectangle, so its diagonals are the same length. The area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals:

A = 1/2(10√2)² = 1/2(200) = 100 . . . . square units

The area of the square is 100 square units.

Side Length

The diagonal of a square is √2 times the length of one side, so the diagonal being 10√2 means the side length is 10. The area of a square with a side length of 10 is ...

A = s² = 10² = 100 . . . . square units

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