1 + 1 = 2 (Need to draw, Part 6)

Geometry Level 2

A man walks 1 km 1 \text{ km} east then 1 km 1 \text{ km} northwest. How far is he from his starting point?

2 2 \sqrt{2-\sqrt{2}} 2 2 2-\sqrt{2}

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1 solution

Drex Beckman
Jan 20, 2016

If you draw the path, you get an isoceles triangle with lengths 1. The angle is 45 degrees, since he waddled northwest. We can find the other two angles simply: 180 45 = 135 180-45=135 , 135 2 = 67.5 \frac {135}{2}=67.5 . We can solve suing the law of sines: s i n ( 45 ) x = s i n ( 67.5 ) 1 \frac {sin (45)}{x}=\frac {sin (67.5)}{1} . x = s i n ( 45 ) s i n ( 67.5 ) 0.765 x=\frac{sin (45)}{sin (67.5)}\approx 0.765 . 2 2 0.765 \sqrt {2-\sqrt {2}}\approx 0.765 .

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