a≈2.83cm
The sides are the square root of 8 cm, approximately 2.8284 cm
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To find the length of each diagonal of a square, divide the sum of the diagonal lengths by 2. Since a square has two diagonals of equal length, this division will give you the length of each diagonal.
You square the width and subtract it from the diagonal squared. Then find the square root of this number, this number is now the length.
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To find the length of a diagonal in a rectangle, use the Pythagorean method. Diagonal length = square root(length squared + height squared).
-- Multiply the rectangle's length by itself. ('square' the length) -- Multiply the rectangle's width by itself. ('square' the width) -- Add the two results. -- Find the square root of the sum. It is the length of the diagonal.