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==Video Solution 1 by OmegaLearn== | ==Video Solution 1 by OmegaLearn== |
Revision as of 00:56, 10 November 2023
Question
Usain is walking for exercise by zigzagging across a -meter by
-meter rectangular field, beginning at point
and ending on the segment
. He wants to increase the distance walked by zigzagging as shown in the figure below
. What angle
will produce in a length that is
meters? (This figure is not drawn to scale. Do not assume that he zigzag path has exactly four segments as shown; there could be more or fewer.)
[someone add diagram]
Solution 1
By "unfolding" line into a straight line, we get a right angled triangle
.
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Video Solution 1 by OmegaLearn
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