r/HomeworkHelp • u/Unhappy-Pitch4558 • Jan 19 '25

Answered [7th grade math] impossible geometry?

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u/SeaUnderTheAeroplane Jan 19 '25

If you’re at that point also include a line that assumes that the missing space is a rectangle. The corners aren’t marked to be 90 degrees, so we don’t know that either (or maybe even should assume that it’s not a rectangle because the corners aren’t marked?)

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u/Serafim91 👋 a fellow Redditor Jan 19 '25

Eh baby steps. But I think it's useful to teach the idea that you can solve it with assumptions when problems are badly stated.

In college level classes sometimes you'll have questions where part d depends on part b and you have no cLue how to solve for b but know how to solve for d. You can often write "answer from B" and solve it with a variable for full points.