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Claire is designing a banner that will hang in her classroom. The length of one diagonal of the banner is 48 inches, and the sides are 25 inches long. Is the banner a square?

User Bribeiro
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Answer: No the banner is not square.

Explanation:

If it were square, the diagonal would be about 35.36 inches.

Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² + = c²

?25² + 25² = 48² ?

625 + 625 ?=? 2304

1250 ≠ 2304

√1250 ≈ 35.3553

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Answer:

The second option

Explanation:

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