303 Answered Questions for the topic triangles

04/11/15

Solve the word problem

Two tracking stations are on the equator 121 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing of N 38 degrees from the western station and on a bearing of n 22 degrees E from eastern station.... more

04/11/15

Solve the word problem

A guy wire to a tower makes a 65 degree angle with level ground. At a point 39 ft farther from the tower than the wire but on the same side as the base of the wire, the angle of elevation to the... more

Solve the word problem

Two tracking stations are on the equator 121 miles apart. A weather balloon is located on a bearing of N 38degrees E from the western station and on a bearing oF N 22degreesE from the eastern... more

04/04/15

An isosceles right triangle has legs measuring (x – 2) cm each. The hypotenuse has measure (x + 4) cm. Find x.

An isosceles right triangle has legs measuring (x – 2) cm each. The hypotenuse has measure (x + 4) cm. Find x.

03/29/15

what does the angles of a reactagle equal when split up into for trianglular regions

If angle EDC is 32° and E is the midpoint of all the sides what is the measures of all other angles.   Thank you!
Triangles Geometry

03/26/15

An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. The length of the third side is 1 m less than twice the length of one of the equal sides. Find the length

translate the problem from words to mathematical expressions and then solve.
Triangles Geometry

03/19/15

What is the length of the 3rd side?

 a triangle has a perimeter of 50cm if two sides are equal and the third side is 5 more that the equal sides what is the length of the third side?
Triangles Geometry

03/16/15

Which figure has a greater area? To the nearest tenth, how much greater is the area?

A math teacher draws an equilateral triangle with radius 6 inches and a square with the same radius. 
Triangles

03/05/15

how to solve the triangle for all angles and sides m<A=60 degree b= 16 cm a= 8 square root 3 cm

I'm trying to help my son and I'm lost....

03/01/15

A triangle with two side that are perpendicular is a right triangle.

A triangle with two side that are perpendicular is a right triangle. Triangle PQR has vertices P(3,3), Q(2,-2) R(0,1). Determine weather PQR is a right triangle. Explain.      Please help?? 

02/26/15

The measure of angles.

The measures of the angles of a triangle are 3 consecutive even integers. Find the measure of each angle.   Sorry if that's not enough info, copied it right from text book.
Triangles Geometry

02/23/15

A triangle is shown with an angle labeled as 45 degrees and its adjacent side as 3 rad . Find the missing sides

the opposite side is labelled as y and the hypotenuse is labelled as x

02/23/15

A triangle is shown, one angle labeled as 30 degrees and one side as 11 rad 3. Find the missing sides

The adjacent side is 11 rad 3 te side opposite the 30 degree angle is labeled b and the hypotenuse is labelled a.

Complete a triangle proof given that AB is parallel to DE and prove that AB/ED is equal to AC/EC

Two triangles are given, ABC and CDE and they share a common point, C, which connects them forming vertical angles at this point. 
Triangles

02/12/15

The side lengths of a right triangle are doubled to make a second triangle. Does the perimeter double as well?

this question is under the topic of angles and triangles.
Triangles

02/09/15

What is the area of an equilateral triangle who sides are 10?

How do I set this up? I know that an equilateral triangle is two 30-60-90 triangles but how do I divide the 10s into each triangle?

02/03/15

Trig question

Assume cos t = .45 and cos w = .89, both t and w are positive values between 0 and 2pi , and both t and w determine a terminal point in quadrant 4. Which of the following statements best describes... more

02/01/15

Is my answers correct?? trig?help? ratios?

1.) The legs of a right triangle measure 5 inches and 7 units. If theta is the angle between the 5-inch leg and the hypotenuse, cos theta=   I got .58.   SOH CAH... more
Triangles Trigonometry Trig

02/01/15

Triangles Trig

If sin(theta)= -2/3, which of the following are possible?  Check all that apply.   A) cos(theta)= (√5)/3 and tan(theta)=2/√5 B) cos(theta)= -(√5)/3 and tan(theta)=2/√5 C) sec(theta)= 3/√5 and... more

01/14/15

prove and apply theorems about triangles

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01/13/15

Please helpp, math unit test tomorrow!!!!

A commercial plane and a jet airliner are 7.5km from each other, at the same altitude. From an observation tower, the two aircraft are separated by an angle of 680. If the jetliner is 5.2km from... more
Triangles

01/13/15

The area of a triangle is 1,440 cm2. The base of the triangle is 5 times the height. What is the height of the triangle?

need help on finding the answer, the area of the traingle and the base of the triangle

01/07/15

The parametric equations x = x1 + (x2 - x1)t, y = y1 + (y2 - y1)t where 0 = t = 1 describe the line segment that joins the points P1(x1, y1)...

(problem continued)..."and P2(x2,y2). Draw the triangle with vertices A(1, 1), B(4, 3), C(1, 7). Find the parametrization, including endpoints, and sketch to check. (Enter your answers as a... more

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