Question

What is the length of the diagonal BD the trapezoid below? Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

how do we measure diags?

Answer 2

\[\sqrt{up^2+over^2}\]

Answer 3

wait so ..im not sure what ur saying to do ..im confued

Answer 4

forget that its a trap and focus on the triangle made

Answer 5

i count 2 up; and 10 over. would you agree?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

then the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is determined by the pythag thrm:

hyp^2 = up^2 + over^2

Answer 8

wait no for b i got 5 over and 4 up

Answer 9

count distance, not postition. there are 2 units up from the base and 10 units over

Answer 10

oh i see