Question

Maria looks at the architectural plan of a four-walled room in which the walls meet each other at right angles. The length of one wall in the plan is 13 inches. The length of the diagonal of the floor of the room in the plan is approximately 15.26 inches.

Is the room in the shape of a square? Explain how you determined your answer. Show all your work.

Answer 1

@Michele_Laino

Answer 2

@Clongoria2

Answer 3

@Nnesha

Answer 4

@dan815

Answer 5

@Loser66

Answer 6

It is not a square, it would be a rectangle, because both lengths would have to be the same for it to be a square.