Connected right triangles
Connected right triangles
Secondary 2
3 marks
TGM Original Questions
A rectangle has width 16 and diagonal 20. Find height \(p\) and the distance \(q\) from a corner to the midpoint of the opposite vertical side.[3]
All lengths are in centimetres. Give non-exact answers to 3 significant figures unless an exact value is requested.
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Answer:\(p=12\text{ cm},\ q=17.1\text{ cm}\) (3 s.f.).
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