36. MAKING AN ARGUMENT Your friend claims that a rectangle with the same perimeter as QRS will have the same area as the triangl

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bezimeni [28]

4 years ago

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36. MAKING AN ARGUMENT Your friend claims that a rectangle with the same perimeter as QRS will have the same area as the triangl

e. Is your friend correct? Explain your reasoning.

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Elenna [48] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-26T23:30:52+03:00

Elenna [48]4 years ago

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Answer: no; A 1 X 5 rectangle has a perimeter of 12 units and does not have an area of 6 units, so a counterexample shows that your friends statement is not correct