2011-10-22, 02:00 AM
rethic Wrote:Answer is 30, but when I tried to solve it numerically, I would get zero, and when I solved it using matrices, I would get 55, so I don't know what's up with that.
Since I got a conflicting answer, I suppose it's time I show my work:
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I'll go dig a hole now. Nevertheless, I think it's possible to find AD and AE with the above direction (in terms of BC's length).. then proceed to find angle ADE and AED (2 equations with 2 unknowns) then theta.

