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Tasha assembled a picture frame that is advertised as rectangular. The completed frame is 14 inches long and 10 inches wide.

She measured the diagonal length across the frame as 20 inches. Which best explains why the frame cannot actually be
rectangular?

User Kharel
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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

User Aman Varshney
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Since the diagonal length of the frame is given to be 20 inches which is longer than the actual diagonal length of the rectangle 17.2. so the frame can't be a rectangle

Step-by-step explanation:

We Know that the ,

The length of the frame is =14 inches

The width of the Frame is =10 inches

The diagonal length of the frame is =20 inches

The formula for the diagonal of a rectangle is

==>√(ω^2+l^2 )

==>√(10^2+14^2

==>√(100+196)

==>17.2

So ideally the diagonal length of the rectangular frame is 17.2 inches.

Since the diagonal length of the frame is given to be 20" which is longer than 17.2 so it can't be a rectangle

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