Josh cut a square sheet of paper along a diagonal to make two

congruent triangles. The area of one triangle is 60.5 in."

Find the length of one side, s, of the square. Show your work.

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Mathematics

Marlon Woodward

31 August, 19:01

Josh cut a square sheet of paper along a diagonal to make two

congruent triangles. The area of one triangle is 60.5 in."

Find the length of one side, s, of the square. Show your work.

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Lambert · Answer 1

Length of one side is 11 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of 1 triangle = 60.5in²

2 tiangles = 2 * 60.5

= 121in²

2 triangles = 1 square

Area of square = x²

x² = 121

x = √121

= 11in

Josh cut a square sheet of paper along a diagonal to make twocongruent triangles. The area of one triangle is 60.5 in."Find the length of one side, s, of the square. Show your work.

Josh cut a square sheet of paper along a diagonal to make two

congruent triangles. The area of one triangle is 60.5 in."

Find the length of one side, s, of the square. Show your work.