Ken S

Doesn't look to me that it has a single solution either unless I am missing something. If I understand the diagram correctly the upper and lower lines are parallel but unless the intersection point is perpendicular then I don't see a single solution. I don't see anything that would define the distance between the parallel lines.

nomadmatt

Originally Posted by bnlsn

Try this: Find x

i think its 16.3 i will give how i got it if i am right

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reese

Well, using the pythagorean theorem you can calculate the top half of the line X, I skipped geometry, so I dunno how you would find the rest

nomadmatt

pythagorean theorem requires a right triangle so that wont work

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reese

O yeah... Like I said, I skipped geometry ;-)

uzziah0

Does the little > on the top and bottom line mean something?
Is "x" the whole line or just the segment from the 17 line to the intersection in the middle?
The center intersection looks perpendicular, is it meant to be?

CJ4

Originally Posted by uzziah0

Does the little > on the top and bottom line mean something? Is "x" the whole line or just the segment from the 17 line to the intersection in the middle? The center intersection looks perpendicular, is it meant to be?

The > means that the two lines are parallel. Since the 14 is only to the intersection of the lines, I would assume that x would also just be the first line segment. Since there is no specific indication that the intersecting lines are perpendicular, I would say that you can't assume that they are.

I think that you can solve it just regarding the top lines as a triangle and disregarding the lower lines. Some things that will help are that a+b+c=180, where a, b and c are interior angles in the triangle. Also, if I remember my geometry correctly, a/14 = b/x = c/17 if a is the interior angle opposite the side that is of length 14, b is the interior angle opposite of x, and c is the interior angle opposite of 17.

Another equation that might help is 17^2=14^2+x^2-2(17)(14)(x)*cos(c).

I just don't have the time to solve the equations.

CJ

Tankman

Okay Steve:

Try this on for size! :)

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Mathematics, go for it! :hide:

stevenator65

Tankman, that looks like flash, not mathematics. It is cool, though.

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Originally Posted by stevenator65

Tankman, that looks like flash, not mathematics. It is cool, though.

Yep, flashy but, you're hurting OklahomaMama's gray
matter with all your mathematical theory!

forkyfork

I have an excellent math joke. Perfect for the holiday season.

Why do math majors confuse Halloween with Christmas?
Because Oct 31 = Dec 25

:)

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I have an excellent math joke. Perfect for the holiday season. Why do math majors confuse Halloween with Christmas? Because Oct 31 = Dec 25 :)

What is the difference between picnic and panic?

See, ya don't know.

Twenty-eight [28] days!

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bnlsn

Since nobody seems to have gotten this yet:

It said "Find X", not "Find the value of X".

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Originally Posted by bnlsn

Since nobody seems to have gotten this yet: It said "Find X", not "Find the value of X".

That is "X" all right

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