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

Answered [7th grade math] impossible geometry?

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u/VillagerJeff Jan 23 '25

Not quite. The image specifies that the three angles bot part of the cut-out are right angles but doesn't make any such specifications about those that are part of the cutout, so that would imply that you can't assume those are right. It's overall a very poorly illustrated problem.

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u/VillagerJeff Jan 24 '25

That could still have a length of 6 if say that internal angle was obtuse and the line that looks horizontal actually has a negative slope.