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From the statement of the problem, we have:
• a right triangle △ABC,
,• the altitude to the hypotenuse is denoted AN,
,• AB = 2√5 in,
,• NC = 1 in.
Using the data above, we draw the following diagram:
We must compute BN, AN and AC.
To solve this problem, we will use Pitagoras Theorem, which states that:
Where h is the hypotenuse, a and b the sides of a right triangle.
(I) From the picture, we see that we have two sub right triangles:
1) △ANC with sides:
• h = AC,
,• a = ,NC = 1,,
,• b = NA.
2) △ANB with sides:
• h = ,AB = 2√5,,
,• a = BN,
,• b = NA,
Replacing the data of the triangles in Pitagoras, Theorem, we get the following equations:
Equalling the last two equations, we have:
(II) To find the values of AC and BN we need another equation. We find that equation applying the Pigatoras Theorem to the sides of the bigger right triangle:
3) △ABC has sides:
• h = BC = ,BN + 1,,
,• a = AC,
,• b = ,AB = 2√5,,
Replacing these data in Pitagoras Theorem, we have:
Equalling the last equation to the one from (I), we have:
(III) Solving for BN the last quadratic equation, we get two values:
Because BN is a length, we must discard the negative value. So we have:
Replacing this value in the equation for AC, we get:
Finally, replacing the value of AC in the equation of NA, we get:
Answers
The lengths of the sides are:
• BN = 4 in,
,• AN = 2 in,
,• AC = √5 in.
Answer:
a=
Step-by-step explanation:
As we have 2 of the angles, we can find the third. The measure of the third angle is 45 degrees.
As this is the same measure as the other, that means that the side length will be the same.
Now was have two side lengths of 17 in a right triangle, so we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find a.
Recall that the pythagorean theorem states:
In this case, a is 17, b is 17, and c is a
Knowing this, we can input our value into this formula and solve for a.