Question

What are the dimensions of the tabletop with theleaves open? Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

Answer 1

The side of inside square is of 2 units.

The length of prependicular from the vertex of triangle to side of square is 1 unit.

So right triangle is obtained as,

Determine the length of side AB by using pythagoras theorem.

`\begin{gathered} AB=\sqrt[]{(1)^2+(1)^2} \\ =\sqrt[]{2} \\ =1.414 \\ \approx1.4 \end{gathered}`

So sides of each triangle are 1.4 foot, 1.4 foot and 2 foot.

The side of inside square is of 2 foot.