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.
You can focus on the two sub-triangles ABC and ACD
We know that they are both right triangles, because we're given that AC and BD are perpendicular.
The sides AB and AD are the hypothenuses of these triangles, so we know their length through the pythagorean theorem:
But since we're given , the expressions for AD and AB are actually the same expression. This proves that AD=AB, and thus that the triangle is isosceles.