Question

some car jacks are constructed like a collapsed rhombus. when used to raise a car, the rhombus is easily seen. if all sides are the rhombus are 10 inches, what is the maximum length of the shaft?

Answer 1

It's important to know that a rhombus is a parallelogram with all equal sides. Additionally, the diagonals are perpendicular, and they bisect each other. Also, the diagonal has a double length of one side

`d=2\cdot10=20`

Therefore, the diagonal (shaft) has a maximum length of 20 inches.