Question

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Answer 1

Answer:

7) 28.8 in

8) 80.6 mm

9) 68.3 cm

(All answers to the nearest tenth)

Step-by-step explanation:

7) The traingle is a right-angled triangle since the 4 angles of a rectangle are right angles.

Applying Pythagoras' Theorem,

x²= 16² +24²

x²= 832

x= √832

x= 28.8 in (nearest tenth)

8) Applying Pythagoras' Theorem,

x² +40²= 90²

x²= 8100 -1600

x²= 6500

x= 80.6 mm (nearest tenth)

9) See the attached picture for better understanding.

1st picture shows the simplified diagram of the question, indicating where line x lies in the rectangular prism.

Now, if we cut the prism into half diagonally so that we obtain 2 equal triangular prism, we would obtain 2 prisms that look like the one drawn in picture 2.

Now zoom in to the blue face of the prism, we would get a triangle as shown in picture 3.

Let's find the value of y.

Applying Pythagoras' Theorem,

y²= 40² +54²

y²= 4516

y= √4516

Look at picture 2 again at focus at the pink shaded triangle. It has been re-drawn in picture 4.

Now we know that y= √4516.

Applying Pythagoras' Theorem,

x²= (√4515)² +12²

x²= 4660

x= √4660

x= 68.3 cm (nearest tenth)