Question

Which of the following statements is true of the figure below?

EF + EW < WF EW + WF < EF
EF < 18 EF > 18

Answer 1

Have you ever heard that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line ?

Answer 2

another way to think of this: say the two sides are "opened as wide as possible"
to make a straight line. How long would the line from E to F (line EF) be ?

Answer 3

so the shortline is > ?

Answer 4

can you ask a different way. I do not understand the question.

Answer 5

wouldnt it be the same as EF > 18? or EF <18?

Answer 6

one of those two statements must be true . To figure out which one, notice that if we open up the two legs
the biggest EF could be is 18. But when the legs are "closed" EF will be shorter than 18
how do we write EF is shorter than 18 ?