SOLUTION: You are painting a door with a diamond-shaped window. You have to put up tape around the edge of the window to keep the paint off. Find the length of tape you need to the nearest i
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Question 1125613: You are painting a door with a diamond-shaped window. You have to put up tape around the edge of the window to keep the paint off. Find the length of tape you need to the nearest inch. (18,64)(28,40)(18,16)(8,40) Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Same y-value:
( 28, 40 )
( 8, 40 )
The x distance across is
Same x-value:
( 18, 64 )
( 18, 16 )
The y distance top to bottom is
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This is the length of one side, so is the length of tape
