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The dimensions of a rectanglar doorway are 200cm by 90cm. Can a table top with a diameter of 210 cm be carried through the doorway?

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Pls HELP!!!
The dimensions of a rectanglar doorway are 200cm by 90cm. Can a table top with a diameter of 210 cm be carried through the doorway?

anonymous · Answer

first thing to do is to find the hypotenuse of the rectangular doorway given the 2 sides, if the hypotenuse is greater than 210 cm which is the diameter of the table top, then it can pass through. .

anonymous · Answer

Still dont get it...

anonymous · Answer

the hypotenuse of the door is 219.32 cm therefor, the table top can pass through. .

anonymous · Answer

see this illustration. .

anonymous · Answer

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the table top can't pass vertically on the door considering that the diameter of the table top is greater than the height of the doorway. .  therefore, .

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1332374895294:dw| use the hypotenuse of the doorway, sinc the hypotenuse is greater than the diameter of the table top, then it can pass through. .

do you know pythagorean theorem?  i used this method. .

anonymous · Answer

Thats what we are doing in Algebra...

anonymous · Answer

is it clear to you?

anonymous · Answer

Uh...not really 
Can you set it up with the numbers on the sides of angles.?..

anonymous · Answer

Did you get (not rounded off) 
C=219.317122?

anonymous · Answer

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