Question

You are assembling a swing for a playground. The horizontal crossbar that attaches at the midpoint of each pair of legs is 28 inches long. Assuming that the crossbars are parallel to the ground, how far apart will the bottoms of the legs of the swing be when the swing is completely assembled?
A)
14 inches
B)
42 inches
C)
56 inches
D)
58 inches

Answer 1

@iGreen @ganeshie8

Answer 2

@Saylilbaby

Theorem: The segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side AND has length 1/2 that of the third side.

So, if the midsegment is 28 and half the third side of the triangle, then what would the third side have to be so that half of it is 28?