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#2 2010-06-25 15:23:08
- ZHero
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Re: Geometry: grade 11 problem#4
BC = √(4² + 6²) = 10
Let AB = x
10² + x² = (6 + √(x² - 4²))²
Solve for 'x'
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#3 2010-06-25 15:43:27
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Re: Geometry: grade 11 problem#4
Hi lakeheadca;
Find triangle BDC by pythagorean theorem.
4^2 + 6^2 = c^2 = 52
Side BC = √52
Now find the other triangle:
Side AB = s, Side AC = 6 + x, x = AD
s^2 + (√52)^2 = (6 +x)^2
4^2 + x^2 = s^2
Add the two equations up.
68 + x^2 = ( 6 + x )^2
x = 8 / 3
So Side AC is 6 + 8 / 3 = 26 / 3
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#4 2010-06-30 01:11:41
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Re: Geometry: grade 11 problem#4
Thank you guys,
but I really have no Idea what ZHERO did? HOW you come with
10² + x² = (6 + √(x² - 4²))² ?????????????
Bobby
4^2 + 6^2 = c^2 = 52 (c should be 10)
4^2 + x^2 = s^2 (4 + x^2 = s^2 <--- should be this)??
I know, I ask so many questions, sorry my teachers told me too.
I hate this question. Help me, Please,
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#5 2010-06-30 07:25:06
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Re: Geometry: grade 11 problem#4
Hi lakeheadca;
side BC =√52
side BC is the bottom of triangle ABC
Now if you call segment AD = x
Now you have 2 equations:
(AB)^2 + (√52)^2 = (6 + AD)^2
4^2 + (AD)^2 = (AB)^2 Both by pythagorean theorem.
Remember AB is side AB. And AD is segement AD. Now you have 2 equations and 2 unknowns. Rearrange:
(AB)^2 + (√52)^2 = (6 + AD)^2
4^2 + (AD)^2 - (AB)^2 =0 If you add both equations notice side (AB)^2 cancels out.
Can you now solve for AD?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.