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 image below with two squares, ABCD and BFGE, sharing a vertex. Given that AE = 5, what is the length of DG?

 

 Jul 28, 2020
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Image below with two squares, ABCD and BFGE, sharing a vertex.
Given that AE = 5, what is the length of DG?

My attempt:

\(\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline DG^2 &=& 5^2+5^2 \\ DG^2 &=&2*5^2 \\ \mathbf{DG} &=& \mathbf{5\sqrt{2}} \\ \hline \end{array}\)

 

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 Jul 28, 2020
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The image below with two squares, ABCD and BFGE, sharing a vertex. Given that AE = 5, what is the length of DG?

 

AB = 12         BE = 8          AX = 4

 

 Jul 28, 2020

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