Question
Construct a square, if : one diagonal is $6.2\ cm$.
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Answer
Steps :
- Draw $BD = 6.2 \ cm.$
- Draw perpendicular bisector $XY$ of $BD$.
- Cut $OA = OC = 3.1 \ cm ($half the diagonal$)$
- Join $AB, AD, BC$, and $CD$.
Thus $ABCD$ is the required square.
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