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PQRSTUVW is a cuboid

Find the angle between the line QW and the plane PTWS.

PQRSTUVW is a cuboid Find the angle between the line QW and the plane PTWS.-example-1
User Jason Marcell
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Explanation:

imagine an inner right-angled triangle.

QW is the Hypotenuse (the side opposite of the 90° angle).

QP is one leg. = 9 cm.

PW is the second leg (and the diagonal of the base rectangle).

the angle of QW to PTWS is the angle W in this triangle.

we get PW by Pythagoras

PW² = 5² + 7² = 25 + 49 = 74

PW = sqrt(74)

QW we get now also via Pythagoras :

QW² = 9² + (sqrt(74))² = 81 + 74 = 155

QW = sqrt(155)

since we have a right-angled triangle, we know that the legs are sine and cosine of W (multiplied by QW).

so,

9 = sin(W)×sqrt(155)

sin(W) = 9/sqrt(155) = 0.722897396...

W = 46.29421586...° ≈ 46.3°

the angle of QW with PTWS is 46.3°.

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