document.write( "Question 967072: Simon's wallet is in the shape of a rectangle. Two sides are 2 inches long. The other two sides are 3 inches long. Chaz's has the same measurements but is not a rectangle. What other figure could it be? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #591157 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is more than one answer. \n" ); document.write( "The expected answer is probably \"a parallelogram\". \n" ); document.write( "However, all we know is that half of the wallet consist of \n" ); document.write( "one of the 3-inch long sides, \n" ); document.write( "attached at a corner to one of the 2-inch long sides, \n" ); document.write( "making some angle that is not a right angle: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The other two sides (one 3-inch side and one 2-inch side) \n" ); document.write( "also form a triangle with that green diagonal. \n" ); document.write( "With 3 congruent sides, it is a congruent triangle, but we have some options: \n" ); document.write( "parallelogram \n" ); document.write( "or kite \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There could even be concave kites, like this: \n" ); document.write( " |