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Example Question #152 : Geometry

Which of the given answers choices could NOT represent the sides of a triangle?

Possible Answers:

4, 5, 10

2, 2, 3

5, 6, 10

10, 10, 19

All of the given answers could represent the sides of a triangle.

Correct answer:

4, 5, 10

Explanation:

In order for three lengths to represent the sides of a triangle, they must pass the Triangle Inequality.

a + b >c

This means that the sum of any two sides of the triangle must exceed the length of the third side.

With the given answers, the one set of lengths that fail this test is 4, 5, 10 .

$4+5 \ngtr 10$

Therefore, the lengths 4, 5, 10 could not represent the sides of a triangle.

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Example Question #1 : Isosceles Triangles

An isosceles triangle has a base of 6 and a height of 4. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

Possible Answers:

None of these

Correct answer:

Explanation:

An isosceles triangle is basically two right triangles stuck together. The isosceles triangle has a base of 6, which means that from the midpoint of the base to one of the angles, the length is 3. Now, you have a right triangle with a base of 3 and a height of 4. The hypotenuse of this right triangle, which is one of the two congruent sides of the isosceles triangle, is 5 units long (according to the Pythagorean Theorem).

The total perimeter will be the length of the base (6) plus the length of the hypotenuse of each right triangle (5).

5 + 5 + 6 = 16

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Example Question #12 : Triangles

What is the area of a square that has a diagonal whose endpoints in the coordinate plane are located at (-8, 6) and (2, -4)?

Possible Answers:

100

50√2

200√2

100√2

Correct answer:

100

Explanation:

Square_part1

Square_part2

Square_part3

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Example Question #1 : Isosceles Triangles

The length of the diagonal of a given square is $4\sqrt{2}$ . What is the square's area?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If we divide the square into two triangles via its diagonal, then we know that the length of the diagonal is equal to the length of the triangles' hypotenuse.

We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the two sides of one of our triangles.

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

Since we're dealing with a square, we know that the two sides of the square (which are the same as the two sides of one of our triangles) will be equal to one another. Therefore, we can say:

$(4\sqrt{2})^2 = 2a^2$

Now, solve for the unknown:

32 = 2a^2

16 = a^2

4=a .

This means that the length of the sides of our triangle, as well as the sides of our square, is .

To find the area of the square, do the following:

$A = l\cdot w = 4 \cdot 4 = 16$ .

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Example Question #2 : Isosceles Triangles

Two sides of an isosceles triangle are 20 and 30. What is the difference of the largest and the smallest possible perimeters?

Possible Answers:

The answer cannot be determined

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The trick here is that we don't know which is the repeated side. Our possible triangles are therefore 20 + 20 + 30 = 70 or 30 + 30 + 20 = 80. The difference is therefore 80 – 70 or 10.

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Example Question #3 : Isosceles Triangles

A triangle with two equal angles is called a(n) __________.

Possible Answers:

Pythagoras triangle

isosceles triangle

right triangle

disjoint triangle

equilateral triangle

Correct answer:

isosceles triangle

Explanation:

An isoceles triangle is a triangle that has at least two congruent sides (and therefore, at least two congruent angles as well).

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Example Question #4 : Isosceles Triangles

Triangle ABC has angle measures as follows:

$\dpi{100} \small m\angle ABC=4x+3$

$\dpi{100} \small m\angle ACB=2x+6$

$\dpi{100} \small m\angle BAC=3x$

What is $\dpi{100} \small m\angle BAC$ ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is 180.

Thus we set up the equation $\dpi{100} \small 4x+3+2x+6+3x=180$

After combining like terms and cancelling, we have $\dpi{100} \small 9x=171\rightarrow x=19$

Thus $\dpi{100} \small m\angle BAC=3x=57$

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Example Question #5 : Isosceles Triangles

The base angle of an isosceles triangle is five more than twice the vertex angle. What is the base angle?

Possible Answers:

$73$

$55$

$62$

$34$

$47$

Correct answer:

$73$

Explanation:

Every triangle has 180 degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.

Let $x$ = the vertex angle and $2x+5$ = the base angle

So the equation to solve becomes $x+(2x+5)+(2x+5)=180$

Thus the vertex angle is 34 and the base angles are 73.

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Example Question #6 : Isosceles Triangles

The base angle of an isosceles triangle is 15 less than three times the vertex angle. What is the vertex angle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Every triangle contains 180 degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.

Let = vertex angle and 3x-15 = base angle

So the equation to solve becomes x+(3x-15)+(3x-15)=180 .

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Example Question #7 : Isosceles Triangles

The base angle of an isosceles triangle is ten less than twice the vertex angle. What is the vertex angle?

Possible Answers:

$40^{\circ}$

$70^{\circ}$

$65^{\circ}$

$35^{\circ}$

$20^{\circ}$

Correct answer:

$40^{\circ}$

Explanation:

Every triangle has 180 degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.

Let = vertex angle and 2x - 10 = base angle

So the equation to solve becomes x + (2x - 10) + (2x - 10) = 180

So the vertex angle is 40 and the base angles is 70

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Example Question #152 : Geometry

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