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Each fold halves the area not the side

A square sheet of 10 cm sides is folded along its diagonal to form an isosceles right triangle, and then hypotenuses are folded successively two times to form isosceles right triangles. What is the length of each equal side after the third folding?

  1. A.0.625 cm
  2. B.1.25 cm
  3. C.2.5 cm
  4. D.5 cm✓

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