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Shirley, The key to solving this problem is Pythagoras theorem. When you join the midpoints of two adjacent sides of the larger square you form a right triangle with legs of length 16/2 = 8 cm. The hypotenuse of this triangle is a side of the smaller square. What is the length of this side? Harley | ||||||||||||
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