Answer:
Which shapes cover more of the plane" means that we are comparing the areas covered by the different types of shapes. In these patterns, two triangles match up to one rhombus, and three triangles match up to one trapezoid.
In both Pattern A and Pattern B, the first hexagonal part is made up of 7 triangles, 4 rhombuses, and 3 trapezoids.
The first hexagonal part is repeated across the pattern, so whichever type of shape covers the most area of this first part also covers the most area in the whole pattern.
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To find Y you must divide two by each side, making y=-2
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Separate the vectors into their <em>x</em>- and <em>y</em>-components. Let <em>u</em> be the vector on the right and <em>v</em> the vector on the left, so that
<em>u</em> = 4 cos(45°) <em>x</em> + 4 sin(45°) <em>y</em>
<em>v</em> = 2 cos(135°) <em>x</em> + 2 sin(135°) <em>y</em>
where <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> denote the unit vectors in the <em>x</em> and <em>y</em> directions.
Then the sum is
<em>u</em> + <em>v</em> = (4 cos(45°) + 2 cos(135°)) <em>x</em> + (4 sin(45°) + 2 sin(135°)) <em>y</em>
and its magnitude is
||<em>u</em> + <em>v</em>|| = √((4 cos(45°) + 2 cos(135°))² + (4 sin(45°) + 2 sin(135°))²)
… = √(16 cos²(45°) + 16 cos(45°) cos(135°) + 4 cos²(135°) + 16 sin²(45°) + 16 sin(45°) sin(135°) + 4 sin²(135°))
… = √(16 (cos²(45°) + sin²(45°)) + 16 (cos(45°) cos(135°) + sin(45°) sin(135°)) + 4 (cos²(135°) + sin²(135°)))
… = √(16 + 16 cos(135° - 45°) + 4)
… = √(20 + 16 cos(90°))
… = √20 = 2√5
