Question

The ceiling of Stacy's living room is a square that is 25 ft long on each side. Stacy

knows the diagonal of the ceiling from corner to corner must be longer than 25 ft,
but she doesn't know how long it is.
Solve for the length of the diagonal of Stacy's ceiling in two ways:
(a) Using the Pythagorean Theorem.
(b) Using trigonometry.
Round each answer to the nearest whole number and make sure to show all your
work. (Hint: the answers should be the same!)
Please help !!!

Answer 1

The answer is below

Explanation:

a) Pythagoras theorem is used to show the relationship between the sides of a right angled triangle. It states that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the legs of the triangle.

Let x be the length of the hypotenuse, using Pythagoras:

x² = 25² + 25²

x² = 1250

x = 35 (to the nearest whole number)

b) Using sine rule:

`(x)/(sin(90)) =(25)/(sin(45)) \\\\x=(25)/(sin(45)) *sin(90)\\\\x=35(to \ nearest\ whole\ number)`