, with diagonals intersecting at a angle. How long is each diagonal?
This isosceles trapezoid has an area of
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We note that we can cut off an end triangle of the trapezoid, flip it and place it on the other end, converting the trapezoid into a rectangle with the same area. Let the length of a diagonal be d . Then the area of the rectangle is given by:
Base × Height d cos 3 0 ∘ × d sin 3 0 ∘ 4 3 d 2 d 2 ⟹ d = 3 6 3 = 3 6 3 = 3 6 3 = 1 4 4 = 1 2