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Community Service Builders use properties of diagonals to “square up” rectangular shapes like building frames and playing-field boundaries. Suppose you are on the volunteer building team below. You are helping to lay out a rectangular patio for a youth center. How can you use properties of diagonals to locate the four corners?
You can use two theorems.
Is there only one rectangle that can be formed by pulling the ropes taut?
No, you can change the shape of the rectangle. Have two of the people move closer together. Then the other two people move until the ropes are taut again.