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A square having one unit side, means a side of length 1. There for Pythagorean tells us a^2+b^2=c^2; so 1^2+1^2=c^2. Therefore c=sqrt(2) but the question asks for the square of the diagonal: (sqrt(2))^2=2. Answer: 2

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It comes from triangles, and its the square root of 2 (1.41421356...) times the length of one side.

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there are two diagonals in square

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Two

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