A rectangle with sides 11 cm and 15 cm has the same diagonal as a square.
What is the length of the side of the square.
Give your answer as a surd.

Respuesta :

the answer is √173

explanation:

let the diagonal = X

by using Pythagoras’s theorem

X² = 11² + 15²
X² = 346

let the side length of square is L
X² = L² + L²
346 = 2 L²
L² = 173
L = √173

Answer:

[tex]\sqrt 113[/tex]

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