Answer: H
Explanation:
Finding the Diameter
If we draw a line through a diagonal of the square, two triangles are formed. The angle opposite the diagonal is 90°, as all angles are 90° in a square. One of the properties of a circle state that the angle in a semicircle is always 90°, which means that the diagonal formed a semi-circle.
A semi-circle only forms when a diameter is drawn in a circle, making the diagonal a diameter. This will be useful information, as we can calculate the side length of a square using the length of its diagonal.
A diameter is just twice the length of a radius, so the diagonal of the square would be 6 cm.
![2*3=6](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/fzbzcd92ijw2r18h2aqtwr448rg1hu7147.png)
Finding the Length of One Side
The diagonal also splits the square into two 45-45-90 triangles. These triangles have a special property that their hypotenuse is √2 times each leg, and all legs are the same length.
Therefore, we can calculate the length of a leg by dividing the hypotenuse by √2.
![(6)/(√(3))](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/p6b24u0qzuy4qc7o7jnl104pzooke4cy0w.png)
The length of one side of the square is
![(6)/(√(3))](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/p6b24u0qzuy4qc7o7jnl104pzooke4cy0w.png)
Finding the Area
As we already know the length of one side, we can just square it to get the area.
![((6)/(√(3)))^2](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/r70ocqnnotcff51ne58jqay08sia4n64ln.png)
[Properties of Exponents]
![(36)/(3)](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/93eo9c93wh7qbosp9q5utt6j6zvfzilxrw.png)
![12](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/qu7n5s8f653542zjpxxfivilyqfkh2a2e5.png)
Hence, the area of the square is 12 cm².