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To calculate: How to find the distance from vertex B to side AC and also to find the length of other sides of isosceles right
Answer to Problem 4CYP
The distance from vertex
Explanation of Solution
Given: Below is an aquarium coffee table such that top of table has shape of isosceles right triangle. Also, length of table’s longest side AC measures
Formula Used:
In an isosceles right triangle, longest side is hypotenuse, and other sides are equal
Calculation:
Given that a top of the aquarium coffee is an isosceles right triangle
Thus, in triangle ABC
Sides AB and BC are equal, and
Therefore, in
Substituting the values:
Thus, other two sides of table measure approximately
In an isosceles triangle, side from vertex perpendicular to line divides the side
Thus, in right triangle ABD
Conclusion:
Hence, distance from vertex
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