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Margaret has moved into an apartment and wants to make some inexpensive furniture and storage pieces from free wooden pallets that she found. How can she be sure her bike rack is a perfect rectangle, and not a slanted parallelogram? a. It is not possible without being able to determine if the corners are precise right angles. b. It is not possible without being able to determine if the opposite sides are parallel. c. Measure the sides. If the opposite sides are the same length, it is a rectangle. d. Measure the diagonals. If the diagonals are congruent, it is a rectangle.

Margaret has moved into an apartment and wants to make some inexpensive furniture and storage pieces from free wooden pallets that she found. How can she be sure her bike rack is a perfect rectangle, and not a slanted parallelogram? a. It is not possible without being able to determine if the corners are precise right angles. b. It is not possible without being able to determine if the opposite sides are parallel. c. Measure the sides. If the opposite sides are the same length, it is a rectangle. d. Measure the diagonals. If the diagonals are congruent, it is a rectangle.

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
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ISBN:9781337614085
Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
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Margaret has moved into an apartment and wants to make some inexpensive furniture and storage pieces from free wooden pallets that she found. How can she be sure her bike rack is a perfect rectangle, and not a slanted parallelogram? a. It is not possible without being able to determine if the corners are precise right angles. b. It is not possible without being able to determine if the opposite sides are parallel. c. Measure the sides. If the opposite sides are the same length, it is a rectangle. d. Measure the diagonals. If the diagonals are congruent, it is a rectangle.
Transcribed Image Text:Margaret has moved into an apartment and wants to make some inexpensive furniture and storage pieces from free wooden pallets that she found. How can she be sure her bike rack is a perfect rectangle, and not a slanted parallelogram? a. It is not possible without being able to determine if the corners are precise right angles. b. It is not possible without being able to determine if the opposite sides are parallel. c. Measure the sides. If the opposite sides are the same length, it is a rectangle. d. Measure the diagonals. If the diagonals are congruent, it is a rectangle.
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