Pythagorean Theorem

Geometry Level 1

The following diagram shows two identical green squares and one larger yellow square. If the area of each green square is 9 and the area of the yellow square is 16, what is the length of the black diagonal line?

300 \sqrt{300} 200 \sqrt{200} 100 \sqrt{100} 250 \sqrt{250}

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2 solutions

Queenbe Monyei
Jul 23, 2016

Use the areas to find the length of the sides of the squares. This would result in the green square having a side length of 3 and the yellow square having a side length of 4. Next add all three sides of the squares: 3 + 4 + 3 = 10. Now you know the length and height of the three squares stacked together. Next, plug in your value of 10 for the a and b variables in the pythagorean theorem equation: a 2 + b 2 = c 2 a^2 +b^2 =c^2 .  1 0 2 + 1 0 2 = c 2 10^2 + 10^2 = c^2

100 + 100 = c 2 100 + 100 = c^2

200 = c 2 200 = c^2

200 \sqrt{200} =c

Pham Khanh
Sep 7, 2016

Using this I f a s q u a r e h a s a s i d e l e n g t h o f x , i t s d i a g o n a l h a s a l e n g t h o f x 2 If~a~square~has~a~side~length~of~x,~its~diagonal~has~a~length~of~x\sqrt{2} So, the length of the line is 3 2 + 4 2 + 3 2 = 10 2 = 200 3\sqrt{2}+4\sqrt{2}+3\sqrt{2}=10\sqrt{2}=\boxed{\sqrt{200}}

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