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Geometry Level 4

In the above figure, find the length of A D \overline{AD} to an accuracy of 5 decimal places.

Note : Figure above is not to scale.


The answer is 2.6779.

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Use this . You will find that A D = 6 2 ( 3 + 1 ) 4 2 + 3 \overline{AD} = \dfrac{6\sqrt{2}(\sqrt{3}+1)}{4\sqrt{2}+3} .

Moderator note:

Good observation to be aware of.

Yay! Even I used your result :P

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 4 months ago

Thanks for the note! It took quite a bit of time with trig and angle chasing, so that is really cool to see the more elegant approach.

Drex Beckman - 5 years, 4 months ago

By cosine law on A B C \triangle ABC , we have

B C 2 = 3 2 + 4 2 2 ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( cos 75 ) BC^2=3^2+4^2-2(3)(4)(\cos 75)

B C 4.334552216 BC\approx 4.334552216

By sine law on A B C \triangle ABC , we have

sin B 4 = sin 75 4.334552216 \dfrac{\sin B}{4}=\dfrac{\sin 75}{4.334552216}

B 63.0463020 6 B\approx 63.04630206^\circ

Thus, A D B = 180 30 63.04630206 86.9536979 4 \angle ADB=180-30-63.04630206\approx 86.95369794^\circ

By sine law on A B D \triangle ABD , we have

A D sin 63.04630206 = 3 sin 86.95369794 \dfrac{AD}{\sin 63.04630206}=\dfrac{3}{\sin 86.95369794}

A D 2.67790 AD\approx 2.67790

Ajit Athle
Jun 12, 2020

Area Tr. ABC = Area Tr. BAD + Area Tr, CAD. Hence, (1/2) 3 4 sin(75)=(1/2)[3 x sin(30)+4 x*sin(45)] or x= 6(√2+√6)/(3+4√2) or x ~= 2.6779 cm

Edwin Gray
May 15, 2018

(1) Compute BC by Law of Cosines. (2) Compute total area by Herron's formula. (3) Compute total area by A = (1/2)(AD)[((AB)sin(30) + (AC)sin(45)). Equate the expressions for area and solve for AD. Ed Gray

Found out BC by Cos Law. Repeatedly used Sin Law to get angle DCA and hence angle ADC; then with AC given got AD. It is just the normal way. Karthik Venkata's formula is really very helpful.

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