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An artist designs a rectangular quilt piece with different types of ribbon that go from the corner to the center

of the quilt. The dimensions of the rectangle are AB = 10 inches and AC = 14 inches.

An artist designs a rectangular quilt piece with different types of ribbon that go-example-1
User Alcalde
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Answer:

7

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User Timur Nurlygayanov
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Answer: BX = 7

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Step-by-step explanation:

For any rectangle, the diagonals are the same length and they cut each other in half (aka bisect each other).

This means diagonal BD = AC = 14 and BX = BD/2 = 14/2 = 7. The value of AB is never used.

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