For part A, use the Pythagorean Theorem.
a.) Since we see that the triangle is made up of two right triangles, simply subtract half the leg from the length of the hypotenuse.
10/2 = 5
13² - 5² = 169 - 25 = √144 = 12 centimeters cubed for the height.
b.) For this, we need to find the surface area of the prism. The surface area of a triangular prism can be found using the formula:
Surface area (SA) = 10(12) + (10 + 13 + 13)(20)
=120 + 660 = 780 cm²
34,560 cubic inches I think,
2ft= 24in
4ft= 48in
30in x 24in x 48in = 34,560
There are three 'Pythagorean' identities that we can look at and they are
sin²(x) + cos²(x) = 1
tan²(x) + 1 = sec²(x)
1 + cot²(x) = csc²(x)
We can start by checking each option to see which one would give us any of the 'Pythagorean' identities as its simplest form
Option A:
sin²(x) sec²(x) + 1 = tan²(x) csc²(x)
Rewriting sec²(x) as 1/cos²(x)
Rewriting tan²(x) as sin²(x)/cos²(x)
Rewriting csc²(x) as 1/sin²(x)
We have
![sin^{2}(x)[ \frac{1}{ cos^{2}(x) }]+1=[ \frac{ sin^{2}( x)}{ cos^{2} (x)}][ \frac{1}{ sin^{2}(x) } ]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=sin%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%5B%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%20cos%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%20%7D%5D%2B1%3D%5B%20%5Cfrac%7B%20sin%5E%7B2%7D%28%20x%29%7D%7B%20cos%5E%7B2%7D%20%28x%29%7D%5D%5B%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%20sin%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%20%7D%20%5D)
![[\frac{ sin^{2}(x) }{ cos^{2}(x) } ]+1= \frac{1}{ cos^{2}(x) }](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B%20sin%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%20%7D%7B%20cos%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%20%7D%20%5D%2B1%3D%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%20cos%5E%7B2%7D%28x%29%20%7D%20)

Option B:
sin²(x) - cos²(x) = 1
This expression is already in the simplest form, cannot be simplified further
Option C:
[ csc(x) + cot(x) ]² = 1
Rewriting csc(x) as 1/sin(x)
Rewriting cot(x) as cos(x)/sin(x)
We have
![[ \frac{1}{sin(x)}+ \frac{cos(x)}{sin(x)}] ^{2} =1](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5B%20%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%2B%20%5Cfrac%7Bcos%28x%29%7D%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%5D%20%5E%7B2%7D%20%3D1)


Option D:
csc²(x) + cot²(x) = 1
Rewriting csc²(x) as 1/sin²(x) and cot²(x) as cos²(x)/sin²(x)




from our working out we can see that option A simplified into one of 'Pythagorean' identities, hence the correct answer