Perpendicular Diagonal

Geometry Level 3

A B C D ABCD is a quadrilateral such that the diagonal of it is perpendicular to each other. If A B = 1 AB=1 , B C = 10 BC=10 , C D = 18 CD=18 , find the length of D A DA .


The answer is 15.000.

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 22, 2019

Let the two diagonals intersect at O O , A O = a AO=a , B O = b BO=b , C O = c CO=c , and D O = d DO=d . Then by Pythagorean theorem we have:

{ a 2 + b 2 = A B 2 = 1 2 = 1 . . . ( 1 ) b 2 + c 2 = B C 2 = 1 0 2 = 100 . . . ( 2 ) c 2 + d 2 = C D 2 = 1 8 2 = 324 . . . ( 3 ) \begin{cases} a^2 + b^2 = AB^2 = 1^2 = 1 & ...(1) \\ b^2 + c^2 = BC^2 = 10^2 = 100 & ...(2) \\ c^2 + d^2 = CD^2 = 18^2 = 324 & ...(3) \end{cases}

From ( 1 ) ( 2 ) + ( 3 ) : a 2 + d 2 = 1 100 + 324 = 225 (1)-(2)+(3): \ a^2 + d^2 = 1-100+324 = 225 . Note that D A 2 = a 2 + d 2 = 225 DA^2 = a^2 + d^2 = 225 , D A = 15 \implies DA = \boxed {15} .

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