1: A square and an equilateral triangle have equal perimeters. The area of the triangle is 2 sqrt 3 square inches. What is the number of inches in the length of the diagonal of the square?
2: In triangle ABC, AB = AC = 5 and BC = 6. Let O be the circumcenter of triangle ABC. Find the area of triangle OBC.
(The answer involves one or more fractions)
Also I take it back there might be on more problem after this.
Thanks to everyone who has or will help!
Omi answered the second one in your earlier post
For the first one
1: A square and an equilateral triangle have equal perimeters. The area of the triangle is 2 sqrt 3 square inches. What is the number of inches in the length of the diagonal of the square?
Area of triangle is given by
2sqrt (3) = (1/2) side^2 * sin (60)
2 sqrt (3) = (1/2)side^2 * sqrt (3) / 2 simplify
2 = side^2 / 4
8 = side^2
√8 = side
So....the perimeter of the triangle = 3√8 in
So.......the side of the square = 1/4 of this = (3/4)√8 in
And the diagonal is √2 of this = √2 * (3/4) √8 = (3/4) * √16 in =
(3/4)* 4 = 3 in