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StayGoldDonnyBoy 1 point ago +1 / -0

Although the triangles are shown to be right triangles, there’s nothing saying that they are. If it’s an equilateral triangle, then there’s nothing wrong with this diagram.

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Liberty4All 3 points ago +3 / -0

The four people are drawn as the corners of a square whose sides are 6ft long. (If it were a rhombus, the shortest distance between two of the pairs of people would be less than 6 ft.)

By definition, the angle between adjacent sides of a square is 90 degrees. These are right triangles.

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StayGoldDonnyBoy 1 point ago +1 / -0

Of course it’s supposed to be a square, but if this were a proof, you couldn’t assume they’re right angles

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Liberty4All 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's a fair comment.

But it is also not possible for all four sides of the square (or rhombus) and both diagonals to be 6 ft in length.

If it's a square, if the sides are 6ft, then the diagonals are longer. Or if the diagonals are 6 ft, then the sides are shorter.

If it's a rhombus, it would be possible for the sides to be 6ft and one diagonal to be 6ft, but the other diagonal would be much longer than 6ft.

Tl,dr: the figure as drawn is geometrically impossible.

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acasper 1 point ago +1 / -0

It’s reasonable to assume that although the two diagonals have an incorrect value that the creators intent was to portray them as equal which supports this being a square.