Jill used rhombuses and hexagon to create a turtle figure a

Jill used rhombuses and hexagon to create a turtle figure. (a) Kane said \"5/6 of the figure is made of rhombuses\". Briefly explain how it is possible that Kane is correct. (b) Abel said \"5/8 of the figure is made of rhombuses\". Briefly explain how it is possible that Abel is correct.

Solution

17.
a.
5 shaded areas out of 6.
The 5 shaded areas are rhombuses and the 6th is a hexagon.
so, Kane\' statement is true in this regard

b.
Now, the hexagon is actually 3 rhombuses. So, actually we got 5 out of 8 rhombuses shaded.
Hence, Abel\' statement is also true and can be explained in this way