Hi,
would you please help me with this question:
In the figure above, what is the value of x?
it is given 3 triangles: 2 are right angle triangles, the middle is not.
the sides of the first right triangle is: a^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 (a=1)
the sides of the second right triangle is: 3^2 + 4^2 = c^2 (c= 5)
I'm including a print screen shot to illustrate the figures. Sorry for the confusion.
My approach was first to use the a^2+b^2= c^2 formula. I found the missing sides, but when it comes to the missing angle (x) I didn't know what to do, given the opposite angle is 55 degrees.
thank you
would you please help me with this question:
In the figure above, what is the value of x?
it is given 3 triangles: 2 are right angle triangles, the middle is not.
the sides of the first right triangle is: a^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 (a=1)
the sides of the second right triangle is: 3^2 + 4^2 = c^2 (c= 5)
I'm including a print screen shot to illustrate the figures. Sorry for the confusion.
My approach was first to use the a^2+b^2= c^2 formula. I found the missing sides, but when it comes to the missing angle (x) I didn't know what to do, given the opposite angle is 55 degrees.
thank you
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