Question

Find the length of a side of the
square shown below.
х
6V2
X =
x = [?]

Answer 1

x=6

Explanation:

In a square, its angles are all 90 degrees. So, cutting a square in half into two triangles from corner to corner produces 45 degree angles on both sides. Since the triangles are now 45-45-90 triangles, we can use the rule where the hypotenuse of the triangle is equal to the square root of 2 times the length of either side. So, the side length is 6.