A B C D is a rectangle with A B = 1 0 , A E = 5 , A C = 6 , and A F = 3 as shown above. Find the length of G H .
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How to do this with simple geometry (without coordinate)?
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I was think about it. Then I gave up.
you can see my solution. Originally i made this prob by using congruence principal. but i think this solution using coordinate bashing is more interesting.
Hope you understand, my solution is in the figure below.
Nice solution! I think ,by mistake, you have used congruent symbol instead of similarity one.
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My mistake, i tend to make a mistakes hahaha
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How did you create this graph and figure?
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@Mr. India – for the figure above i use my pen tablet, as for the figure in the problem i use geogebra/desmos.
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Let E be the origin of the x y -plane. The equations of C E , D E , and B F are as follows:
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ C E : D E : B F : y = 5 6 x y = − 5 6 x y = 1 0 3 x − 2 3
Then the coordinates of G ( x G , y G ) and H ( x H , y H ) are:
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ 5 6 x G = 1 0 3 x G − 2 3 − 5 6 x H = 1 0 3 x H − 2 3 ⟹ x G = − 3 5 ⟹ x H = 1 ⟹ y G = 5 6 ( − 3 5 ) = − 2 ⟹ y H = − 5 6 ( 1 ) = − 5 6
Then we have:
G H = ( − 3 5 − 1 ) 2 + ( − 2 + 5 6 ) 2 = 9 6 4 + 2 5 1 6 = 1 5 4 1 0 9