Question

Sue plans to paste two ribbons along the diagonals of the top surface of a rectangular gift box, as shown below. What is the minimum length of ribbon that Sue would require? (picture below)

Answer 1

\[2\sqrt{8^2 + 6^2 } = \]

Answer 2

=20

Answer 3

the length of the diagonal 'd' can be found out from pythagoras equation applied to any right triangle taken out from the rectangle....

so you can find two times of the diagonal!!!