Question

the figure above is a rectangle. what is the value of a? (im going to draw it)

Answer 1

heres the picture

Answer 2

drawings don't work on here btw. You'll have to use paint.

Answer 3

yea i figured, can you hold on a second?

Answer 4

the draw button and the equation button are both broken. And sure :3

Answer 5

Hey poopsiedoodle you gave me two medals, but I couldn't send you a message to thank you, so thank you:)

Answer 6

@MChromer, yw
@redpanda123 is the "10" the length of the side that cuts it in half?

Answer 7

its the hypotnuse

Answer 8

K. In that case, do you know about the rule for side lengths in triangles?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

K. So, since two sides, when added together, always have to have a bigger combined length than the third side, we can go ahead and rule out everything from 3 and under.

Answer 11

So, 3 < a.

Answer 12

and then
?

Answer 13

Does it have to be an inequality, or an exact number?

Answer 14

Because I'm pretty sure it can be anywhere from 4 to 9. Anyway, if it's an inequality, it's 3<a<10

Answer 15

the choices are

Answer 16

Oops. Just now noticed that. Let me do the math here. Sec.

Answer 17

I'm thinking it's B. It can actually be anywhere from 3.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000(and lots more zeroes)1 and 9.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999(you get the picture
)

Answer 18

actually, wait, nevermind. It would have to be at least 3.34. It's not B.