Please help determine all the unknown values of the figure below.
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Answer:
1. √74; 2. (24.5, 21.5)
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Distance
You could use the distance formula to calculate the length of PQ, but I prefer a visual approach, because it requires less memorization.
Draw a horizontal line from P and a vertical line from Q until they intersect at R (28, 19).
Then you have a right triangle PQR, and you can use Pythagoras' theorem to calculate PQ.
2. Midpoint of line
The coordinates of the midpoint are half-way between the x- and y-coordinates of the end points.
For the x-coordinate, the half-way point is
(21 + 28)/2 = 49/2 = 24.5
For the y-coordinate, the half-way point is
(19 +24)/2 = 43/2 = 21.5
The coordinates of the midpoint M are (24.5, 21.5).
<h3>Answer: Tony is correct</h3>
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Explanation:
There are number of ways to go about this, but let's pick on the sides marked in the diagram below (circled in red and blue). I picked on those sides specifically because they are on either side of the marked angles (A and Q).
They help form the proportion below, in which we'll show later on its a false statement.
AE/PQ = AB/QR
24/(14.5) = 18/(11.5)
24*11.5 = 14.5*18
270 = 261
We arrive at a false statement at the end, so the original proportion is false. Furthermore, it means the figures are <u>not</u> similar.
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We could try the other way around and try to see if
AE/QR = AB/PQ
is true or not
Let's find out
24/(11.5) = 18/(14.5)
24*14.5 = 11.5*18
348 = 207
We see this is false as well. The gap is even bigger than before, so the first scenario was slightly close to having similar polygons. But neither case works perfectly. So that's why we don't have similar polygons and why Tony is correct. It's not enough to look at the angles only when dealing with polygons that have more than 3 sides. If we were just focused on triangles, then Jacenta would be correct.