The segments shown below could form a triangle 1 8 8

1 answer:

3 0

Yes.

To form a triangle every side must be smaller in length than the sum of the two other sides.

For example: sides denoted by a,b,c
for a triangle to form
a<b+c
b<a+c
c<a+b
Thus in the case of the Isosceles triangle with side lengths 1,8,8 the rules aforementioned are fulfilled. This means that a triangle with said side lengths can exist.

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Talja [164]

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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d=10u

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The shortest distance between the plane and Po is also the distance between Po and Q. To find that distance and the point Q you need the perpendicular line x to the plane that intersects Po, this line will have the direction of the normal of the plane $n=(-2,-2,1)$ , then r will have the next parametric equations:

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$-2x-2y+z =-13\\-2(-5-2\lambda)-2(-5-2\lambda)+(-3+\lambda) =-13\\10+4\lambda+10+4\lambda-3+\lambda=-13\\9\lambda+17=-13\\9\lambda=-13-17\\\lambda=-30/9=-10/3$

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$x=-5-2(-10/3)=-5+20/3=5/3\\y=-5-2(-10/3)=5/3\\z=-3+(-10/3)=-19/3\\$

Those values are the coordinates of Q

Q(5/3,5/3,-19/3)

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$d=\left| {\to} \atop {PoQ}} \right|=\sqrt{(\frac{5}{3}-(-5))^2+(\frac{5}{3}-(-5))^2+(\frac{-19}{3}-(-3))^2} \\d=\sqrt{(\frac{5}{3}+5))^2+(\frac{5}{3}+5)^2+(\frac{-19}{3}+3)^2} \\d=\sqrt{(\frac{20}{3})^2+(\frac{20}{3})^2+(\frac{-10}{3})^2}\\d=\sqrt{\frac{400}{9}+\frac{400}{9}+\frac{100}{9}}\\d=\sqrt{\frac{900}{9}}=\sqrt{100}\\d=10u$