The bouncy problem

Geometry Level 3

Given B A N \angle BAN and B C N \angle BCN are right angles and that A N C = 6 0 \angle ANC = 60^\circ . Find the length of straight line B N BN .


The answer is 14.000.

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3 solutions

Paola Ramírez
Jun 14, 2015

As A B D \triangle ABD is 30 ° 60 ° 90 ° 30°-60°-90° B D = 1 2 A B = 1 BD=\frac{1}{2}AB=1 cm E N = 12 \therefore EN=12 . And by pythagorean theorem A D = 3 AD=\sqrt{3} .

Then N A E \triangle NAE also is 30 ° 60 ° 90 ° N A E A B D E N A D = A N 2 30°-60°-90°\Rightarrow \triangle NAE \sim \triangle ABD\Rightarrow \frac{EN}{AD}=\frac{AN}{2} 12 3 = A N 2 A N = 24 3 = 8 3 \Rightarrow \frac{12}{3}=\frac{AN}{2} \therefore AN=\frac{24}{\sqrt{3}}=8\sqrt{3}

Last, applying pythagorean theorem in A B N \triangle ABN , A N = ( 8 3 ) 2 + 2 2 = 14 c m AN=\sqrt{(8\sqrt{3})^2+2^2}=\boxed{14 cm}

pretty solution

Ahmed Moh AbuBakr - 5 years, 12 months ago

excellent solution and so easy to realize ... brilliant

Ahmed Yahya - 5 years, 11 months ago
Shawn Lu
Jun 25, 2015

My way I a kind of dumb so

I extend the shape into a big right angled triangle by adding a small triangle on the corner. And I will call the extra corner D. The corner ABD is 180-120<360-90-90-60>=60degrees. The corner BAD is 180-90=90degrees. And the ADB is 180-90-60=30 degrees. Now I can get the length of BD by doing this procedure 2/sin30=BD/sin90(1) which is 4. Together, the length of DC is 11+4=15 cm. then I use sin30[15/sin60]to get NC which turns out to be 8.66. And finally I use the Pythagorean theorem th find BN: 8.66^2+11^2=14^2

Ahmed Moh AbuBakr
Jun 14, 2015

my solution ...ANOTHER solution

sin rule and cos rule ?

Ahmed Yahya - 5 years, 11 months ago

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