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Can someone help me I'm lost

Can someone help me I'm lost-example-1

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let's recall that a square has four equal sides, Check the picture below.

Can someone help me I'm lost-example-1
User Rami Sedhom
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Answer:
√(6)

This is the same as typing in sqrt(6)

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Step-by-step explanation:

The square has all four sides the same length, which in this case is
√(3) units.

The diagonal of the square splits it into two identical right triangles.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse x, aka the diagonal.


a^2 + b^2 = c^2\\\\c = √(a^2 + b^2)\\\\x = \sqrt{\left(√(3)\right)^2+\left(√(3)\right)^2}\\\\x = √(3+3)\\\\x = √(6)\\\\

Or you can take the shortcut


\text{hypotenuse} = (\text{leg})*√(2)\\\\x = √(3)*√(2)\\\\x = √(3*2)\\\\x = √(6)\\\\

Which applies to 45-45-90 right triangles.

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