Question

Austin keeps a right conical basin for the birds in his garden as represented in the diagram. The basin is 40 centimeters deep, and the angle between the sloping sides is 77°. What is the shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim?​

Answer 1

177.8 centimeters.

What is the formula for cos θ?

• The symbol for it is Cosθ, and it has the following form: adjacent/hypotenuse = cosθ. In other words, it divides the length of the hypotenuse by the length of the neighboring side, which is the side next to the angle (the longest side of a right triangle).
• When working with right-angled triangles, the Cos Theta Formula is particularly helpful. The Cosine of an angle in a right triangle is always equal to the hypotenuse's length divided by the length of the neighboring side. This makes it an excellent tool for resolving Cosine-related issues.

The shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim:

cos θ= base/Hypotenuse

cos 77°=$\frac{40}{H}$

$0.22495=\frac{40}{H}$

$H=177.8$

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Answer 2

The shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim exits 51.11cm.

What is the shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim?​

If you draw a line along the middle of the cone, you'd finish up with two right triangles and the line even bisects the angle between the sloping sides. The shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim exists in the hypotenuse of a right triangle with one angle calculating 38.5°. So, utilizing trigonometry and allowing x as the measurement of the shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim.

Cos 38.5 = 40 / x

Solving the value of x, we get

Multiply both sides by x

$\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right) x=\frac{40}{x} x$

$\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right) x=40$

Divide both sides by $\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right)$

$\frac{\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right) x}{\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right)}=\frac{40}{\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right)}$

simplifying the above equation, we get

$x=\frac{40}{\cos \left(38.5^{\circ}\right)}$

x = 51.11cm

The shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim exits 51.11cm.

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