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jmc

geometry senior

Problem

In right triangle with , we have What is ?
Solution
The triangle is shown below:



We have and , so gives us . Multiplying both sides by gives , so .

The Pythagorean Theorem gives us . Substituting gives Simplifying the left side gives , so , which means We also could have noted that for any angle , so gives us and , which gives . Therefore, we have . Since is an acute angle, we have , so gives us
Final answer
\frac{3\sqrt{13}}{13}