Susana has four identical square gems. She wants to arrange them to form a larger quadrilateral with four right angles and two pairs of parallel sides. Susana’s assistant says that the quadrilateral must be a square, as shown. Do you agree? If so, explain your reasoning. If not, draw a quadrilateral to support your answer.

Abird on top of a 200 ft bridge tower sees a man standing on the lower part of the bridge (which is 50 ft above the ground). the angle of depression from the bird is 26 ̊. how far is the man from the base of the bridge tower? with explanation and pictures .

If the car had not hit the fence, how much farther would it have skidded? solve the skid-distance formula to find the extra distance that the car would have traveled if it had not hit the fence. round your answer to two decimal places. note that unit conversion is built into the skid distance formula, so no unit conversions are needed.

Sara has 2 2/3 cup taco meat. she needs 1/6 cup to make one taco. how many tacos can sara make with the taco meat she has?