Question

The diagonals of a square are 4 meters long. The side of this square is equal to the diagonal of a second square. Find the side of the second square.

Answer 1

1. Have you tried drawing a sketch?
2. Do you know how to use the Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 2

Yes, but I don't really know how to draw the picture.

Answer 3

Do you know how to draw a square? :)

Answer 4

I don't get what it means by the of this square is equal to the diagonal of the second square.

Answer 5

It means the length of the side of one square is equal to the length of the diagonal of another square. It's comparing lengths. Without a picture, it can be very confusing.

Answer 6

How did you get 8?

Answer 7

How did you get 2.8?

Answer 8

2

Answer 9

So I'm asking my questions to try to understand your thought process. :)
If you just write numbers... I have no way of knowing how you're getting those numbers, and I can't be much help.

Answer 10

This problem doesn't actually require any computations at all. (though I'm a little concerned that you don't know pythag theorem ... it appears everywhere).

Answer 11

Using the Pythagorean Theroem

a^2+b^2=c^2
a^2+b^2=8
a=b=2