The shortest path from point a to point b goes through a pond. to avoid
the pond, you must walk straight 23 meters along one edge of the pond,
then take a 90-degree turn, and again walk straight 57 meters along
another edge of the pond to reach point b. if you could walk through the
pond, what would be the distance from point a to point b?

a framing bias

step-by-step explanation:

rodrigo is subject to a framing bias i believe.

step-by-step explanation:

given that there are two triangles j'k'l' and jkl>

the former is got by dilating the second one.

when drawn on a grid, (graph paper) coordinates of vertices of first triangle is

(6,12)j, (9,6)k and (12,9)l

side jk has length = distance between j and k

=

side j'k'=distance between j' and k'

=

ie j'k'l' has sides 1/3 of that of corresponding sides of jkl.

hence scale factor of 1/3 is used to get j'k'l'from jkl