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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?

some car jacks are constructed like a collapsed rhombus. when used to raise a car-example-1
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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.

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