A board was nailed diagonally across the end of a square platform used at construction sites
Which is closest to the length of the board?
A.28 ft.
B.25 ft.
C.20 ft.
D.23 ft.
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Do you see the problem with your question? Was there supposed to be a graphic showing a board or something?
I think one must be clairvoyant to answer this. My crystal ball is hazy today.
Yes and ??
Wait are you a teacher?
Both Writeacher and I are tutors on this site. It appears to us that there just isn't enough information to answer your question. Perhaps one of the physics/math profs will prove us wrong. We'll see!
We need to know the length of a side of the square and does the diagonal go from one corner to the opposite corner or just cut off a corner of a corner?
If the side length is s and it goes from the northeast corner to the southwest corner the the length is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides s.
h = sqrt(s^2 + s^2) = s sqrt 2
If the side length is s and it goes from the northeast corner to the southwest corner the the length is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides s.
h = sqrt(s^2 + s^2) = s sqrt 2
Or in other words we need to be cleaning our crystal ball because we don't know any of those details.
Sure hope Anabeth does :)
haha??? whats if i may ask with the crystal ball?its probably like a lamp cause my lamp is circle and yeah ???? but i just need the anwser from your "crystal ball" thats all
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