The diagonal of a square is 8 cm. What is the length of the side of this square? Give your answer as an exact surd in its simplest form.

4 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

The diagonal divides the square into 2 right angles with legs s and the diagonal as the hypotenuse.

Using Pythagoras' identity in the right triangle , then

s² + s² = 8²

2s² = 64 ( divide both sides by 2 )

s² = 32 ( take the square root of both sides )

s = = 4

(sin 42)/31. = sinx)/37

sinx = 37 (sin42)/31

= 37× 0.66/31 = 0.787

x= 51.9

other angle opposite to y = 180-51.9-42

= 180- 93.9 =86.1

so

sin42)/31 = sin 86.1)/y

0.021 = 0.997 /y

y= 0.997/0.021 =47.47

eve and marks ratios are equivalent

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