Cyniez to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 6 days agoCan anyone solve this math for me?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down120
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageCan anyone solve this math for me?lemmy.worldCyniez to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 6 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink67•edit-26 days agoNote that the problem states that the outer shape is a quarter circle, information not provided in OP’s question. Knowing it is a quarter circle is important because it allows us to validate that the bottom-right angle is 90 degrees.
minus-square@flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 days agoI actually came to the comments to see if we had this information! Thanks.
minus-square@gezginorman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 days agobut does it have to be a given, or can we actually prove that it has to be
minus-square@bstix@feddit.dklinkfedilink17•6 days agoIt has to be given, otherwise there would be infinitely many solutions. You would need some other information to link the line segment X to the rest of the figure.
Note that the problem states that the outer shape is a quarter circle, information not provided in OP’s question.
Knowing it is a quarter circle is important because it allows us to validate that the bottom-right angle is 90 degrees.
I actually came to the comments to see if we had this information! Thanks.
but does it have to be a given, or can we actually prove that it has to be
It has to be given, otherwise there would be infinitely many solutions.
You would need some other information to link the line segment X to the rest of the figure.