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Geometry Level 3

Given a rectangle A B C D ABCD such that B C = 1 cm . A M x = 4 5 , B M N = 6 0 , M x N y BC=1 \text{ cm}. \angle AMx=45^\circ, \angle BMN=60^\circ, Mx\parallel Ny .

Find the perpendicular distance between lines M x Mx and N y Ny .

Give your answer to 1 decimal place.


The answer is 0.3.

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3 solutions

Jessica Wang
Jul 2, 2015

Moderator note:

Simple standard approach.

Do you know what is the exact value of cos 7 5 \cos 75^ \circ ? How can we calculate it?

c o s 7 5 = c o s ( 4 5 + 3 0 ) = c o s 4 5 c o s 3 0 s i n 4 5 s i n 3 0 cos75^{\circ}=cos(45^{\circ}+30^{\circ})=cos45^{\circ}cos30^{\circ}-sin45^{\circ}sin30^{\circ}

= 2 2 × 3 2 2 2 × 1 2 = 6 2 4 =\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{2}}{4} .

Jessica Wang - 5 years, 11 months ago
Uahnbu Tran
Jun 29, 2015

A s i n t h e f i g u r e , M t A B , M t a n d C D i n t e r s e c t a t H , M x a n d C D i n t e r s e c t a t I , N K M I . I n t h e r i g h t a n g l e d t r i a g l e H M I , H M I = x M t = 90 ° A M x = 45 ° . S o H M I i s a n i s o s c e l e s r i g h t a n g l e d t r i a n g l e . H e n c e H I = H M = 1 c m . I n t h e r i g h t a n g l e d t r i a n g l e H M N , H M N = 90 ° 60 ° = 30 ° S o M N = 2 H N ( I l l p r o v e i t l a t e r ) B y P y t h a g o r e a n T h e o r e m , H M ² + H N ² = M N ² 1 ² + H N ² = ( 2 H N ) ² H N ² = 1 3 H N = 1 3 c m ( H N > 0 ) N I = H I H N = 3 3 3 c m I n t h e r i g h t a n g l e d t r i a n g l e N K I , N I K = 45 ° S o N K I i s a n i s o s c e l e s r i g h t a n g l e d t r i a n g l e . H e n c e N K = I K B y P y t h a g o r e a n T h e o r e m , N K ² + K I ² = N I ² 2 N K ² = ( 3 3 3 ) 2 N K = 4 2 3 6 c m ( N K > 0 ) As\quad in\quad the\quad figure,\quad Mt\bot AB,\quad Mt\quad and\quad CD\quad intersect\quad at\quad H,\\ Mx\quad and\quad CD\quad intersect\quad at\quad I,\quad NK\bot MI.\\ In\quad the\quad right-angled\quad triagle\quad HMI,\quad \angle HMI=\angle xMt=90°-\angle AMx=45°.\\ So\quad HMI\quad is\quad an\quad isosceles\quad right-angled\quad triangle.\\ Hence\quad HI=HM=1cm.\\ In\quad the\quad right-angled\quad triangle\quad HMN,\quad \angle HMN=90°-60°=30°\\ So\quad MN=2HN\quad (I'll\quad prove\quad it\quad later)\\ By\quad Pythagorean\quad Theorem,\quad HM²+HN²=MN²\\ \qquad 1²+HN²=(2HN)²\\ \qquad HN²=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \\ \qquad HN=\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 3 } } cm\quad (HN>0)\\ NI=HI-HN=\frac { 3-\sqrt { 3 } }{ 3 } cm\\ In\quad the\quad right-angled\quad triangle\quad NKI,\quad \angle NIK=45°\\ So\quad NKI\quad is\quad an\quad isosceles\quad right-angled\quad triangle.\\ Hence\quad NK=IK\\ By\quad Pythagorean\quad Theorem,\quad NK²+KI²=NI²\\ \qquad 2NK²={ \left( \frac { 3-\sqrt { 3 } }{ 3 } \right) }^{ 2 }\\ \qquad NK=\sqrt { \frac { 4-2\sqrt { 3 } }{ 6 } } cm\quad (NK>0) Do you realize that NK is the distance between Mx and Ny? :D

Using physics lateral shift =t sin(i-r)/cos r just use this formula of physics for lateral shift No need to do much calculation

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