Solutions Of Triangles

Geometry Level 3

In a A B C \triangle ABC ,

a 4 + b 4 + c 4 = 2 ( c 2 ( a 2 + b 2 ) ) a^4+b^4+c^4=2(c^2(a^2+b^2))

What is C = ? \angle C=? (in degrees)

100 or 80 45 or 135 90 50 or 130

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1 solution

Md Zuhair
Sep 12, 2017

a 4 + b 4 + c 4 = 2 c 2 a 2 + 2 c 2 b 2 a^4+b^4+c^4=2c^2a^2+2c^2b^2

a 4 + b 4 + c 4 2 c 2 a 2 2 c 2 b 2 + 2 a 2 b 2 = 2 a 2 b 2 \implies a^4+b^4+c^4-2c^2a^2-2c^2b^2+2a^2b^2=2a^2b^2

( a 2 + b 2 c 2 ) 2 = 2 a 2 b 2 \implies (a^2+b^2-c^2)^2=2a^2b^2

a 2 + b 2 c 2 = 2 a b \implies a^2+b^2-c^2=\sqrt{2}ab

a 2 + b 2 c 2 a b = 2 \implies \dfrac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{ab} =\sqrt{2}

a 2 + b 2 c 2 2 a b = 1 2 \implies \dfrac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2ab} = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

BY COSINE RULE:

cos C = 1 2 \implies \cos C = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}

C = 4 5 o \implies C=45^{o}

Also for C = 135 C=135 we missed out this portion that if

( a 2 + b 2 c 2 ) 2 = 2 a 2 b 2 \implies (a^2+b^2-c^2)^2=2a^2b^2

then it can also be written

( c 2 b 2 a 2 ) 2 = 2 a 2 b 2 \implies (c^2-b^2-a^2)^2=2a^2b^2

c 2 b 2 a 2 = 2 a b \implies c^2-b^2-a^2=\sqrt{2}ab

So again by same steps we get C = 13 5 o C=135^{o}

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