The smallest diameter of pipe that will fit the fiber optic line is 3.91 cm if the company is replacing cables with fiber optic lines in rectangular casing BCDE. If segment DE = 2.5 cm and segment BE = 3 cm option (B) is correct.
What is a rectangle?
It is defined as the two-dimensional geometry in which the angle between the adjacent sides is 90 degrees. It is a type of quadrilateral.
We have:
A company is replacing cables with fiber optic lines in rectangular casing BCDE. If segment DE = 2.5 cm and segment BE = 3 cm.
As we know, the square of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides is known as the Pythagoras theorem.
Applying Pythagoras theorem in the triangle DEB:
DE² + BE² = DB²
2.5² + 3² = DB²
DB² = 6.25 + 9
DB² = 15.25
DB = 3.905 ≈ 3.91 cm
Thus, the smallest diameter of pipe that will fit the fiber optic line is 3.91 cm if the company is replacing cables with fiber optic lines in rectangular casing BCDE. If segment DE = 2.5 cm and segment BE = 3 cm option (B) is correct.
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