A semicircle with diameter has 2 points and on its curved side with and Let be the arc length of Let be the length of the straight line
Using your knowledge of angles and properties for different types of triangles, find to 2 decimal places.
Hint: You might want to add some lines to make this question easier to solve.
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Let O be center of this semicircle (with radius r = 1 0 0 9 ). Given that inscribed angle ∠ X A Y = 2 0 ° ⇒ X Y = 4 0 ° and:
m = ∣ X Y ∣ = r ⋅ ∠ X O Y = 1 0 0 9 ⋅ ( 4 0 ⋅ 1 8 0 π ) = 9 2 0 1 8 π .
Next, draw radius O O ′ such that O O ′ ⊥ X Y at the point Z and O O ′ bisects ∠ X O Y . Using either one of right triangles △ O Z X , △ O Z Y we find that:
n = ∣ X Y ∣ = 2 r ⋅ sin ∠ X O Z = 2 r ⋅ sin ∠ Y O Z = 2 ( 1 0 0 9 ) sin ( 2 0 ° ) ≈ 6 9 0 . 2
Thus, m − n = 9 2 0 1 8 π − 6 9 0 . 2 ≈ 1 4 . 2 2 .
N O T E : The angle ∠ Y A B is entirely extraneous to our solution!