Answer the Question. -Joe Is Building a Deck. He Nails a 10-Foot, 2

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Answer the question.
-Joe is building a deck. He nails a 10-foot, 2" by 8" board along the back of the house. He intends to use two 8-foot boards for the sides out to the corner posts. Then he will use another 10-foot board for the end. How can Joe make sure his deck is a rectangle, not a parallelogram, without checking the angles formed at the corners?

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Definitions:

Dienes

Organic compounds containing two double bonds, which may vary in their arrangements and contribute to the compound's reactivity, particularly in polymerization and Diels-Alder reactions.

Major Product

The product of a chemical reaction that is formed in the greatest quantity, as determined by the reaction conditions and mechanism.

HBr

Hydrobromic acid, a strong acid formed by dissolving hydrogen bromide in water, used in organic synthesis and as a catalyst.

Addition

A chemical reaction where two or more substances combine to form a single product, often involving the breaking of double or triple bonds.