Maths problem - how do you solve it.

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:37

Find [ x ] and prove it. You are not allowed to use trigonometry.

Sorry for the poor diagram.

Thanks.

Millwall.FC · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:39

a guestimation 45

Morba · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:41

Cheetah Designs said:
Find [ x ] and prove it. You are not allowed to use trigonometry.

Sorry for the poor diagram.

Thanks.

you are given plenty of angles already, from these you can determine the angle x.

Haircut · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:42

Looking it at you should just be able to use simple rules such as the fact that the angles in a triangle add to 180 degrees and that angles opposite two intersecting lines are equal etc. to get the answer.

Greenlizard0 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:42

60 degrees?

Raymond Lin · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:43

Too tired to work it out but you can if you use the principle that an internal angles of a triangle is 180 degrees total.

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:44

Raymond Lin said:
Too tired to work it out but you can if you use the principle that an internal angles of a triangle is 180 degrees total.

Ok to all the people that said that - you'd think so...but no.

This is as far as you can get:

Inquisitor · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:45

Edit: ignore

Sonea Fifer · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:48

Not constructive i know - but i couldn't resist it:-

Inquisitor · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:50

Edit: edit != post

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:51

Sonea Fifer said:
Not constructive i know - but i couldn't resist it:-

Lol....did that in an exam once

shimy182 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:54

easy.. if the diagram is accurate you can just use a protoractor.
If not you can easily redraw that to scale.
EDIT, o no you cant sorry

meghatronic · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:54

Inquisitor said:
Edit: ignore

You owned yourself there to be fair

Scrutinize · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:55

shimy182 said:
easy.. if the diagram is accurate

Its not....Now will someone please solve this its bugging the monkey out of me now.

Nitefly · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:55

shimy182 said:
easy.. if the diagram is accurate you can just use a protoractor.
If not you can easily redraw that to scale.

That diagram is not to scale....

Redrawing it is not the point. I'm currently trying to figure it out, mind.

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:55

The answer is 60....figured it out....

....whoever said 60 is correct....but can you prove it for us - before i do.

Cheetah Designs · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:56

shimy182 said:
easy.. if the diagram is accurate you can just use a protoractor.
If not you can easily redraw that to scale.

No scale drawings

Greenlizard0 · 17 Jul 2007 at 22:56

Cheetah Designs said:
The answer is 60....figured it out....

....whoever said 60 is correct....but can you prove it for us - before i do.

wait just a second I'll upload a picture so that everybody can see!

Greenlizard0 · 17 Jul 2007 at 23:00

greenlizard0 said:
wait just a second I'll upload a picture so that everybody can see!

Sod it I'm drunk go for it fella

Inquisitor · 17 Jul 2007 at 23:00

jdickerson said:
You owned yourself there to be fair