Trisector?

Geometry Level 3

A B C ABC is a triangle with A = 3 0 , B = 6 0 \angle A=30^\circ ,\angle B =60^\circ and A B = 10. AB=10. Find the length of the shorter trisector of C . \angle C.

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 4.33.

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1 solution

C = 9 0 \angle C=90^{\circ} . As A < B \angle A<\angle B , A C > A B AC>AB . Therefore the shorter trisection is the one closer to B B . Denote this by D D .

We have C B A = 6 0 , B C A = 3 0 , B D C = 9 0 , C D A = 9 0 , D C A = 6 0 , D A C = 3 0 \angle CBA=60^{\circ},\angle BCA=30^{\circ},\angle BDC=90^{\circ},\angle CDA=90^{\circ},\angle DCA=60^{\circ},\angle DAC=30^{\circ} .

Let B D = x BD=x and B C = y BC=y . So D A = 10 x DA=10-x and C A = 100 y 2 CA=\sqrt{100-y^2} (By pythagorean theorem ).

Again by Pythagorean theorem, we have C D = y 2 x 2 = ( 100 y 2 ) ( 10 x ) 2 CD=\sqrt{y^2-x^2}=\sqrt{(100-y^2)-(10-x)^2} . Simplifying we get y = 10 x y=\sqrt{10x} .

Now consider Δ B C D \Delta BCD . By sine rule (law of sines) we have C D sin ( 6 0 ) = x sin ( 3 0 ) = 10 x sin ( 9 0 ) \dfrac{CD}{\sin(60^{\circ})}=\dfrac x {\sin(30^{\circ})}=\dfrac{\sqrt{10x}}{\sin(90^{\circ})}

Simplifying we get x = 5 2 x=\dfrac 5 2 .

Hence C D = 2 × 5 2 × 3 2 = 5 3 2 4.33 CD=\dfrac{2 \times \dfrac 5 2 \times \sqrt{3}}{2}=\dfrac{5 \sqrt3}{2} \approx \boxed{4.33} .

good solution...+1

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago

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