Question

Ada says that the length of diagonal SQ is two times the length of diagonal OM.

Is Ada correct? Justify your answer and show all your work. Your work should state the theorem you used to find the lengths of the diagonals.

Answer 1

Let's break this down. We want to know if the diagonal of the rectangle is twice the diagonal of the square. Well, we can find the diagonals by splitting the square and rectangle into triangles.

Answer 2

ok got it. But what do you do after that?

Answer 3

Are you familiar with Pythagorean Theorem?

Answer 4

yes but I tend to forget how to do the last two steps.