Directions· Multiple Choice Questions
In the following problems, you are given four answers. Choose the right answer.
There is only ONE correct answer to each question.
[Figure: a square with center c and side length x; point d is the midpoint of the square's bottom side.] What is the length of cd?
- x/4
- x/2
- x
- 4x
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Correct answer: B. x/2
Why
The center of a square is at half the side length's distance from the midpoint of any side, so cd = x/2.
