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Title: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: saba.ay on February 09, 2013, 08:48:56 am
Please help with the question below. I'm completely lost as to how to do it. :/
Title: Re: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: appianway on February 09, 2013, 09:00:26 am
You can make a right angled triangle at the edge of the top disk. That will leave x^2+30^2 = 32^2, and you can solve for x. The radius of the base is hence 20+x, and then you need to double that to find the diameter.
Title: Re: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: saba.ay on February 09, 2013, 09:26:31 am
You can make a right angled triangle at the edge of the top disk. That will leave x^2+30^2 = 32^2, and you can solve for x. The radius of the base is hence 20+x, and then you need to double that to find the diameter.

Sorry, why is the radius 20+x and not 10+x , which is them doubled to get a diameter of 20+ 2x?
Title: Re: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: Jaswinder on February 09, 2013, 10:47:34 am
wouldnt the diametre of the base be 20 + 2root(62)
Title: Re: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: Aurelian on February 09, 2013, 10:51:07 am
Sorry, why is the radius 20+x and not 10+x , which is them doubled to get a diameter of 20+ 2x?

You are correct; pretty sure appianway just made a typo/had a brain fade :P
Title: Re: Pythagoras Question- Please Help!
Post by: appianway on February 09, 2013, 12:56:04 pm
Yup whoops typo ^^ Completely right!