Question

A rectangle with sides 14 cm and 6 cm has the same diagonal as a square.

What is the length of the side of the square.
Give your answer as a surd in its simplest form.

Answer 1

Answer:2* square root 58

Explanation:

To find the diagonal follow these steps:

(14^2(the side) + 6^2(the other side))square rooted

(14^2 is 196 + 6^2 is 36)

so its square root of 232 or

2*square root of 58.