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July 12th, 2018, 10:25 AM | #1 |
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Hi guys, I was just wondering how I should proceed to answer this question. I've tried the double-angle cosine formula (advised to try by a friend), but still can't figure out the answer. Any help would be much appreciated! http://tinypic.com/r/29bhop1/9 Last edited by skipjack; July 12th, 2018 at 02:20 PM. Reason: Forgot to add a URL |
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July 12th, 2018, 11:01 AM | #2 |
Senior Member Joined: Jul 2010 From: St. Augustine, FL., U.S.A.'s oldest city Posts: 12,211 Thanks: 520 Math Focus: Calculus/ODEs |
That link doesn't work for me...try attaching the image perhaps.
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July 12th, 2018, 11:48 AM | #3 |
Global Moderator Joined: Oct 2008 From: London, Ontario, Canada - The Forest City Posts: 7,912 Thanks: 1110 Math Focus: Elementary mathematics and beyond |
Here's the image:
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July 12th, 2018, 01:03 PM | #4 |
Senior Member Joined: Sep 2015 From: USA Posts: 2,304 Thanks: 1221 |
Well you've got an isosceles triangle with a angle of $\dfrac \pi 4$ between the two equal sides. because $\dfrac \pi 4 = \dfrac {2\pi}{8}$ so $\dfrac s 2 = r \sin\left(\dfrac 1 2 \dfrac \pi 4\right)$ $s = 2 r \sin\left(\dfrac \pi 8\right)$ $s^2 = 4r^2 \sin^2\left(\dfrac \pi 8\right)$ $s^2 = 4r^2 \cdot \dfrac{1}{4} \left(2-\sqrt{2}\right)$ $s^2 = r^2 \left(2-\sqrt{2}\right)$ of course the magic here is $\sin^2\left(\dfrac \pi 8\right) = \dfrac{1}{4} \left(2-\sqrt{2}\right)$ I leave that to you to show |
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July 12th, 2018, 01:08 PM | #5 |
Global Moderator Joined: Oct 2008 From: London, Ontario, Canada - The Forest City Posts: 7,912 Thanks: 1110 Math Focus: Elementary mathematics and beyond |
Construct a perpendicular from where $r$ meets $s$ to $r$ on the opposite side and use the Pythagorean theorem.
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July 12th, 2018, 01:11 PM | #6 |
Senior Member Joined: Jul 2010 From: St. Augustine, FL., U.S.A.'s oldest city Posts: 12,211 Thanks: 520 Math Focus: Calculus/ODEs |
What happened to the OP?
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July 12th, 2018, 01:57 PM | #7 |
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