To Justify:Who is correct?
Answer to Problem 37HP
Robert
Explanation of Solution
Given:Jacinta says that it is possible to use a trapezoid to create a tessellations. Robert says that this is impossible because the interior angles of a trapezoid are not congruent. Is either of them correct? Explain.
Robert is correct. It is impossible to use a trapezoid to create a tessellations.
The trapezoid has only one pair of parallel sides.
So the interior angles of the trapezoid are not congruent.
Thus
It cannot form a repetitive pattern of
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