He noted that the area of a square erected over the diagonal is double the area of the square erected on an adjacent side. ... corresponding to one side and the hypotenuse of a right triangle. ...

The base of each right-angled triangle is 1.6 cm. 𝒙 is double this length. 𝒙 = 2 x 1.6 = 3.2 cm. 1 of 10. Previous image Next image. ... The length of the hypotenuse of each triangle is 𝒄.