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Age 11 to 14 Short Challenge Level:
The diagonal of a unit square is used as one of the sides of a new square.
What is the area of this new square?
(A unit square is a square whose sides all have length 1 unit, and so its area is 1 square unit)
This problem is taken from the World Mathematics Championships
What is the area of this new square?
(A unit square is a square whose sides all have length 1 unit, and so its area is 1 square unit)
This problem is taken from the World Mathematics Championships
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