Determine if a 25 inch long stick can fit into the bottom of a box that is 20 inches long and 16 inches wide. Support your answe
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Answer:
Yes.
Step-by-step explanation:
The two triangles are <em>similar</em> because they have:
- a common angle (90°)
- corresponding sides with lengths in a 3:1 ratio
All you need to do is to slide the smaller triangle into the larger one so that a small angle and one of its sides coincide.
Then the hypotenuses of each triangle will lie along the same line.
