Engineering
Mathematics
Basic Rules of Properties of Triangle
Question

In the equilateral ABC, AB = 12. One vertex of a square is at the midpoint of the side BC, and the two adjacent vertices are on the other two sides of the triangle. The length of a side of the square may be expressed as p2+q6  where p and q are integers. The ordered pair (p, q) is

(8, – 4)

(9, – 3)

(5, – 1)

(6, –2)

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Using sine law in Δ BME,    

 xsin60=6sin75x=6sin60sin75 

3322(3+1)=66(31)2=3(186) 

9236 

p = 9,  q = – 3

⇒    (9, – 3).

  

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