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Jamie is helping his aunt make kites to sell at a craft fair. Jamie's aunt
gave him stacks of four different sizes of nylon triangles. She asked him
to sew them into kites. She told him that he needs to use at least four
triangles for each kite, and the kites must meet the requirements
shown in the figure to the right.
Jamie took a few measurements from these triangle shapes:
25°
25°
X
D 60 cm
After trying different arrangements, Jamie discovered that he
can arrange two of Triangle 1 and two of Triangle 2 as shown to
make a kite.
CT
2
1. To add structure to the kite, Jamie wants to secure rods
along both diagonals. What lengths of rods does Jamie need
to cut? Round to the nearest tenth and explain your
reasoning.
