Question

The diagonal of a square tile is 4 inches longer than its side. Find the length of the side.

Answer 1

using the pythagoran theorem
\[16s ^{2} = \sqrt{\left( 2s ^{2} \right)}\]
where s is the side of the square
solving for s we get
\[s =\sqrt{2}\div16\]

Answer 2

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