document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1020881>Question 1020881</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Will an 18\" x 13\" rectangle fit inside a 21\" diameter circle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I asked this question earlier and gave the wrong dimensions of 18\" x 6\". Sorry.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you very much. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #636683 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=636683\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Put the centers of each at the origin of a cartesian coordinate system.  The circle will be  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2By%5E2=%2821%2F2%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2By%5E2=%2821%2F2%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Cut the 18 inch length in half, so it be 9 inch.  Now put your attention onto quadrant 1.  One coordinate on the circle would be 9; what will the other coordinate be?  Will it be less than or equal to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >?  If yes, then the rectangle will fit.  If no, then the rectangle will not fit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way:  Draw a diagonal of your 18 inch by 13 inch rectangle.  What is the length of this diagonal?  Pythagorean Theorem for Right Triangle.  Is this diagonal less than or equal to 21?  If yes,... then it will fit in the circle of diameter 21. </SPAN>\n" );
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