if you have a square how do you figure the area from 1 corner to the other(diagnal)?

Question

how do you figure out the area from i side to the other if its diagnal. i dont know how to and it would be helpful if you could help. thanx

no for a square

Answer 1

I am doing this in geometry right now, so i hope i can help!

well, if you know how to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle, which (if you don't know how to do that) is:
one side squared + the other side squared= the diagonal squared

if you can't get a whole number by that method, then all you have to do is multiply the length of the side by the square root of 2. you can just leave it in it's simple radical form.

math is very hard to explain by typing (because I don't have the square symbol, etc.) so if this doesn't make sense, I apologize!!!! I gave it my best effort. :)

Good luck!!!!

Answer 2

All true square shapes have sides that relate to the diagonal through the corners as 1, 1, square root of 2. So measure one side, multiply that amount by about 1.414 and you will be in the ballpark.

Answer 3

Hi. If you really mean area then multiply the sides and divide the answer by 2.

Answer 4

If you mean the area of the triangle that is formed by the diagonal you can use the formula a=1/2bh (b is the base length, h is the height)

Answer 5

??? the area? do u mean length if so use pythagoras' theorem to work it out. if you mean work out the area like a triangle then do the equation (LxB)/2

Answer 6

you have the hypotenuse. divide it by sqrt2 or 1.41 to find the side. then square the side