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Triangle Problem
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rethic Wrote:I would love for someone to prove me wrong, but you can't solve it with just those equations; I've tried it on my first attempt.
With those only those equations, the solution a = 85, b = 75, c = 55, theta = 55 is possible, but looking at the picture, clearly, c =/= theta.

EDIT: Oh, I didn't see that you used guess and check, but I'm just gonna point it out there that using substitution on those 4 equations will always get you 0 for whatever variable you decide to solve for first. The incorrect solution above was obtained from plugging the same equations into a matrix in my calculator. The correct answer of 30 is explained in my earlier post.
We could also include a rule for the angles to say that a specific one must be bigger than another or that some can't be the same, but yeah, I can't really think how you can solve it beyond just educated guessing.
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Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-21, 11:26 PM
Triangle Problem - by Kalovale - 2011-10-22, 12:12 AM
Triangle Problem - by Stereo - 2011-10-22, 01:30 AM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-22, 01:50 AM
Triangle Problem - by Five Second Pose - 2011-10-22, 01:51 AM
Triangle Problem - by Kalovale - 2011-10-22, 02:00 AM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-22, 04:40 AM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-22, 04:40 AM
Triangle Problem - by Stereo - 2011-10-22, 05:29 AM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-22, 08:14 AM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-22, 09:52 AM
Triangle Problem - by Dual - 2011-10-22, 11:57 AM
Triangle Problem - by Heffalump - 2011-10-22, 12:26 PM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-22, 06:08 PM
Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-22, 07:45 PM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-23, 08:26 AM
Triangle Problem - by Dual - 2011-10-23, 08:58 AM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-23, 10:04 AM
Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-23, 11:17 AM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-23, 12:54 PM
Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-23, 01:36 PM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-23, 03:07 PM
Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-23, 03:30 PM
Triangle Problem - by OB3LISK - 2011-10-23, 05:22 PM
Triangle Problem - by ShinkuDragon - 2011-10-23, 07:15 PM
Triangle Problem - by Kalovale - 2011-10-23, 10:01 PM
Triangle Problem - by ShinkuDragon - 2011-10-23, 11:44 PM
Triangle Problem - by rethic - 2011-10-24, 12:59 AM
Triangle Problem - by Stereo - 2011-10-24, 08:20 PM
Triangle Problem - by Holypie - 2011-10-26, 03:01 PM

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