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I-C #8.29 #4.13 and #4.30

 
 
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Re: I-C #8.29 #4.13 and #4.30
by John Lensmire - Friday, February 18, 2022, 12:59 PM
 

For 1.17, remember the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

For 4.13, note that the values of the trig. functions only depend on the ratios between the sides. So based on the information (remember tangent is opposite / adjacent) we get assume that we have the following triangle:


For 4.30, the following (slightly messy) drawing hopefully helps:


What can you say about tan(55) and tan(75) in terms of x and y?