Question

An artist designs a rectangular quilt piece with different types of ribbon that go from the corner to the center
of the quilt. The dimensions of the rectangle are AB = 10 inches and AC = 14 inches.

Answer 1

Answer: BX = 7  

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Explanation:

For any rectangle, the diagonals are the same length and they cut each other in half (aka bisect each other).

This means diagonal BD = AC = 14 and BX = BD/2 = 14/2 = 7. The value of AB is never used.

Answer 2

Answer:

7

Step-by-step explanation: