a)
Check the picture below.
b)
volume wise, we know the smaller pyramid is 1/8 th of the whole pyramid, so the volume of the whole pyramid must be 8/8 th.
Now, if we take off 1/8 th of the volume of whole pyramid, what the whole pyramid is left with is 7/8 th of its total volume, and that 7/8 th is the truncated part, because the 1/8 we chopped off from it, is the volume of the tiny pyramid atop.
Now, what's the ratio of the tiny pyramid to the truncated bottom?
Answer:
There are two choices for angle Y: for
,
for
.
Step-by-step explanation:
There are mistakes in the statement, correct form is now described:
<em>In triangle XYZ, measure of angle X = 49°, XY = 18 and YZ = 14. Find the measure of angle Y:</em>
The line segment XY is opposite to angle Z and the line segment YZ is opposite to angle X. We can determine the length of the line segment XZ by the Law of Cosine:
(1)
If we know that ,
and
, then we have the following second order polynomial:
(2)
By the Quadratic Formula we have the following result:
There are two possible triangles, we can determine the value of angle Y for each by the Law of Cosine again:
1)
2)
There are two choices for angle Y: for
,
for
.
