Question

What is the length of side s of the square shown below? 450 90" A. 4-3 B. 1 C. 4 D. 2 E F. 2.5​

Answer 1

E

Explanation:

Using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle

s² + s² = 2²

2s² = 4 ( divide both sides by 2 )

s² = 2 ( take the square root of both sides )

s =
`√(2)`

Answer 2

E.

Explanation:

we know the diagonal of the square : 2

as you can see in the picture, there is a right-angled triangle with the baseline of Hypotenuse being the diagonal, and 2 times s being the 2 sides.

that means we can use Pythagoras to calculate s :

2² = s² + s²

4 = 2s²

2 = s²

s = sqrt(2)