So, the other day, i was programming something and got a geometry doubt.
I apologize for the bad drawing. But anyway, this is a 90-45-45 triangle with legs of 1 unit. It is cut from the 45° point to the exact middle of each of the legs. The red lines are perpendicular to the legs and extends till the meeting point of both the cuts. What is the length of the red lines (only one of them as they form a square) ?
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I am getting the lenghts to be 31
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Bhai muje apni I'd de sakta hai plzz..
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kyon kya kaam hai?? also, do I know you??
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Simply use co-ordinate geometry.....
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Could you please explain that? I am really interested.
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Here is an outline of my method.....
Consider the origin to be the right angled vertex. The remaining two points are located on (1,0) & (0,1)
Hence, the midpoints will be located at (21,0) & (0,21)
Now, simply write the equations of the lines joining the points and you'll arrive at the answer......
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You can also use similar triangles. Let the length of the red lines be x. Consider the right triangle with the vertical red line as it's vertical leg. This right triangle has height x and base length 1−x, and is similar to the right triangle with height 1/2 and base length 1. By similarity we then have that
1−xx=11/2⟹2x=1−x⟹3x=1⟹x=31.