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OpenStudy (richgall____):

Help Please..

OpenStudy (thread252):

here to help

OpenStudy (thread252):

what is the question?

OpenStudy (richgall____):

Gina 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 17 inches. The length of the diagonal of the floor of the room in the plan is approximately 18.79 inches. Is the room in the shape of a square? Explain how you determined your answer. Show all your work.

OpenStudy (richgall____):

still having problems with this one

OpenStudy (thread252):

it is not a square, cuz one side is longer than the other

OpenStudy (richgall____):

do u have an equations ican use because my teacher is very strict

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The above is correct. To prove this is a square, you need to prove that the perpendicular side is 17 inches. You have two lengths of a right angled triangle, so Pythagoras' theorem is the way to go. c^2 (the diagonal squared) = a^2 (one length squared) + b^2 (the other length squared) Try substituting your values into that equation

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