Hello, I just need a little assistance in Geo, my grade right now is decent(B) so I would like it to stay there, or possibly raise a little higher. If you could help me out, that'd be great. Thanks in advance :)
1. What is the area of the composite figure whose vertices have the following coordinates (-2,-2), (3,-2), (5,-4), (1,-8), (-2,-4)?
2. In the figure, TU bisects <RTS. What is the length of US?
3. The corresponding angles in triangle ABC are congruent to the corresponding angles in triangle FGH. The measures of two corresponding sides of the triangles are given.
AB=6, AC=8, FG=x+10, and FH=4x. What is the length of FH?
Kenya.....(1) can be solved with something called "Pick's" Theorem...it can be used when the vertices of a figure lie on integer values for x and y....just like yours do.....!!!
The "points" described below are the occasions where the grid lines intersect
The area is given by
Boundary points/ 2 + interior points - 1
The number of boundary points = 14
The number of interior points = 20
So
The area is
14/2 + 20 - 1 =
7 + 20 - 1 =
26 sq units
Here's a pic of the boundary points and the interior points:
3. The corresponding angles in triangle ABC are congruent to the corresponding angles in triangle FGH. The measures of two corresponding sides of the triangles are given.
AB=6, AC=8, FG=x+10, and FH=4x. What is the length of FH?
We have, by similar triangles, that
AB/AC = FG/FH
6 / 8 = [ x + 10] / [4x] cross-multiply
6 * 4x = 8 [x + 10 ] simplify
24x = 8x + 80 subtract 8x from both sides
16x = 80 divide both sides by 16
x = 5
So.....FH = 4(5) = 20