Question

Find the area of the square drawn on the diagonal of a rectangle having sides of $4$ cm and $3$ cm.

Answer 1

Given the length and breadth of the rectangle are $4$ cm and $3$ cm.

Then length of its diagonal is $\sqrt{3^2+4^2}=5$ cm.

Now according to the problem, the side of the square is $5$ cm.

Then area of the square is $5^2=25$ cm${}^2$.