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The perimeter of a square is 54 cm.Find the length of a diagonal, rounding to the nearest tenth

The perimeter of a square is 54 cm.Find the length of a diagonal, rounding to the-example-1

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Answer:

19.09 = 19.1

Explanation:

we can split the square into two right triangles. Becasue the perimeter of the square is 54cm, we know the each side is 13.5 cm (54cm / 4). Using the pythagoras theorem, the diagonal is 19.1 cm.

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