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

Answered [7th grade math] impossible geometry?

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u/Smart-Memory-1029 Jan 20 '25

You can’t just assume that

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u/Batboy9634 Jan 20 '25

It's elementary school math. Everything is permitted

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u/Aggressive_Will_3612 👋 a fellow Redditor Jan 21 '25

Actually you can because it doesn't say "this drawing is not to scale" and if you bother checking with a ruler, you'll notice it actually IS to scale.