document.write( "Question 1020881: Will an 18\" x 13\" rectangle fit inside a 21\" diameter circle?\r
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document.write( "Let us calculate the diagonal size. It is\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 22.20'' (approximately).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now answer yourself if the rectangle fits inside the circle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By the way, if a right-angled triangle is inscribed into a circle, then its hypotenuse is a diameter of the circle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "See the lesson An inscribed angle in a circle, Corollary 3 and 4 in this site.\r\n" );
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