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The diagonal of a square is x units. What is the area of the square in terms of X?

1/2x2 square units
x2 square units
2x square units
1/2x square units

Answer :

Answer:

[tex]\frac{1}{2}x^2[/tex] square units

Step-by-step explanation:

The simple formula we need here is:

[tex]d=s\sqrt{2}[/tex]

Where

d is length of diagonal

s is length of side of square

Let's find side length of square from information given:

[tex]d=s\sqrt{2} \\x=s\sqrt{2} \\s=\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}}[/tex]

Now,

we know area of square is  [tex]s^2[/tex]

We know s, and now we find area

Area = [tex]s^2\\(\frac{x}{\sqrt{2}})^2\\\frac{x^2}{2}\\\frac{1}{2}x^2[/tex]

The first answer choice is right, 1/2x^2 sq. units.

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