Question

Mrs. Thomas has two rolls of garden edging that are each 96 inches long.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) The total length of each edging in her scale drawing would be 19.2 centimeters.

B) Square or rectangle

C) angle  α= 53.13 degrees

angle β=  36.87 degrees

height=  32 inches

base= 24 inches

hypotenuse 40 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Part A:

If the roll edging is 96 inches long and the scale chosen is

5inches = 1 cm

96inches /5= 19.2cm

The total length of each edging in her scale drawing would be 19.2 centimeters.

Part B:

The quadrilaterals such rectangle square right  trapezoid have a pair of 90 degrees angles.

If we choose a square shape then all sides must be equal. And we have a length of 19.2 centimeters.

Dividing 19.2 by 4  gives 4.8 cm for each side.

Figure A  shows a square and has 4 sides equal and 4 right angles.

If we choose a rectangle shape then 2 sides must be equal. We have a length of 19.2 centimeters.

Suppose the length is 2 times more than the width

which will give the dimensions as

2*2 x+ 2x= 6x   ( length and width denoted by x)

Dividing 19.2 by 6  gives 3.2 cm for each width and  6.4 for the lengths.

Figure B shows a rectangle  and has 2 sides equal and 4 right angles.

It depends on which quadrilateral you wish to choose.

Part C:

Using Pythagorus theorem if the base and altitude are given then the hypotenuse can be found out using the following formula.

c²= a² +b²

c²= 6.4² +4.8²

c²= 40.96+23.04= 64

c= √64 = 8

The third side must be equal to 8 centimeters.

Using the formula

Cos α= base / hypotenuse

Cos α=4.8/8

α= Cos (inverse) 4.8/8

α= Cos (inverse) 0.6

α= 53.13 degrees

So angle α= 53.13 degrees

All the angles in the triangle must be 180 degrees.

α + β +  90°= 180°

And angle β= 180-90-53.13= 36.869= 36.87 degrees

The actual dimensions of this triangle are

height= a= 6.4* 5= 32 inches

base= b= 4.8*5= 24 inches

hypotenuse= 8*5= 40 inches.