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A retangular piece of paper,10 cm by 24 cm,is folded so that a pair of diagonally opposite corners coincide.Find the length of the crease.
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User: A retangular piece of paper,10 cm by 24 cm,is folded so that a pair of diagonally opposite corners coincide.Find the length of the crease.

Weegy: sorry its very complicated u hv to use the mind smartly.I think it is possible but so many formulas we have to apply just like for triangle and for paralellogram and trapezium etc. hope we can find the correct answer then.
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User: yeah i hope that you can help me

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Let's call the length of the crease "c," and the dimensions of the paper are 10 cm and 24 cm.

Using the Pythagorean Theorem:
c^2 = 10^2 + 24^2
c^2 = 100 + 576
c^2 = 676
c = sqrt{676}
c = 26

So, the length of the crease is 26 cm.
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