The above shows two right triangles whose areas are equal. Find a + b .
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Nice usage of the double angle formula.
Thanks Sharky Kesa!
Do triângulo I, temos que:
tan α = a 2 ⇔ cos α sin α = a 2
Desse modo, ∃ k ∈ N tal que sin α = 2 ⋅ k e cos α = a ⋅ k .
Do triângulo II, temos:
tan ( 2 α ) = 4 b cos ( 2 α ) sin ( 2 α ) = 4 b cos 2 α − sin 2 α 2 ⋅ sin α ⋅ cos α = 4 b a 2 k 2 − 4 k 2 2 ⋅ 2 k ⋅ a k = 4 b
( a 2 − 4 ) ╱ k 2 4 a ╱ k 2 = 4 b ( a 2 − 4 ) 4 a = 4 b
Mas, de acordo com o enunciado as áreas são iguais, então:
2 a ⋅ 2 = 2 4 ⋅ b 2 a = 4 b a = 2 b
Isto posto,
a 2 − 4 4 a = 4 b 4 b 2 − 4 4 ⋅ 2 b = 4 b 4 ( b 2 − 1 ) 8 b = 4 b b 2 − 1 = 8 b = ± 3 b = 3
Com efeito, uma vez que a = 2 b , tiramos que: a = 6
Por fim,
a + b = 6 + 3 a + b = 9
There are some special right triangles, one of them has sides of 3,4,5. Since the both triangles has the same are and taking b as 3 we have an area of 6 we would need a 6 on a to get an area of 6 on that triangle. Therfore 6+3=9
Now you just assumed one triangle is a special right triangle and replaced b with 3. Your answer happened to be correct, but how do you know that the angle opposing b is twice as much as the angle opposing 2 in the other triangle when b=3?
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Relevant wiki: Tangent - Sum and Difference Formulas
As the areas are equal, we get:
2 1 × 2 × a = 2 1 × 4 × b
a = 2 b
Now let's take a look at the qiven angles and use the following formula tan ( 2 α ) = 1 − tan 2 ( α ) 2 tan ( α ) :
Judging by the triangles, we get: tan ( α ) = a 2 and tan ( 2 α ) = 4 b , which leads into
4 b = 1 − ( a 2 ) 2 2 × a 2
Substituting a = 2 b leads into:
4 b = 1 − ( b 1 ) 2 b 2
b − b 1 = b 8 , as 1 − ( b 1 ) 2 = 0 would mean b = 1 and a = 2 , so α = 4 π and 2 α = 2 π , so the triangle with 2 α wouldn't exist.
b 2 − 1 = 8
b = ± 3
a = 2 b = 2 × 3 = 6 which means a + b = 6 + 3 = 9 .