Squary
Geometry
Level
2
The coordinates for the diagonal of a square is (6,3) and (-2,-3). Find the other two coordinates and the area of the square.
(2,8),(3,8) ; 48
(5,-4),(-1,4) ; 50
(-1,4),(2,3) ; 36
(-2,7),(5,4) ; 25
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1 solution
I actually did not need to find the coordinates to be able to solve this question.
The length of the diagonal of any square with the side length x cm is x 2 cm.
We just need to find the length of the diagonal by finding the distance between the two points given.
The length of a side of the square is the length of the diagonal divided by 2
The square of this value gives us the area of the square as 50...
Therefore we go for the obvious answer.