Question

The diagonal of a square is 8 units. Find the length of the side.

Answer 1

use pythagoras's theorm to find the side.

Answer 2

what is the pythagoras theorm

Answer 3

lol sorry

Answer 4

the diagonal is 8 but in order to use that theorm dont you need 2 diagonals

Answer 5

i have shown one diagonal is sufficient.
Diagonals of a square are equal.

Answer 6

okay

Answer 7

now what do i do :/ im sooo sorry i really am dumb

Answer 8

x^2+x^2=8^2
find x

Answer 9

okay

Answer 10

im sorry it would be x^2=32

Answer 11

hello?

Answer 12

correct
keep going and solve for x

Answer 13

how do i eliminate the ^2

Answer 14

Since you have \(x^2 = 32\), and you want just x, you take the square root of each side.

Answer 15

okay but how do i cancel it out

Answer 16

thanks for taking your time for this by the way

Answer 17

\(x^2 = 32\)

\(\sqrt{x^2} = \sqrt{32} \)

\(x = \sqrt {32} \)

Answer 18

You're welcome.

Answer 19

it equals to 5.66

Answer 20

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Answer 21

That is an approximation.
If you are asked for the exact length, then it is

\(\sqrt{32} = \sqrt{16 \times 2} = 4 \sqrt 2\)

Answer 22

You're welcome.

Answer 23

OHH OKAY