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Your friend draws a square and one diagonal connecting it's opposite vertices. Your friend believes that the diagonal is the same length as one side of the square. Do you agree? Explain your reasoning.

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Hi,

The answer is No.
Here is the explanation on example.


s = 5 \\ d = √(s) = 2.23

So you can see that s(side) is not equal to d(diagonal)

Hope this helps.
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User Aflat
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Let, Length of Side of a Square=a unit

Since each Interior angle of Square measures 90°.

Length of Diagonal of Square,with the Help of Pythagorean Theorem


=√(a^2+a^2)\\\\=√(2a^2)\\\\=√(2) a

Length of Diagonal =√2 a Unit

So,→ Length of Side of Square≠ Length of Diagonal

No, My friend is incorrect.

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