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(a)
To Find: The area of the triangle as the function of
(a)
Answer to Problem 7PS
The area of the triangle is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The length of each of the two equal sides of the isosceles triangle is 10 meters and the angel between the two slides is
Calculation:
Consider the half of the triangle with the base and the height is shown in Figure 1
Figure 1
Then, the area of the triangle is calculated as,
By the sine function,
Then, by the use of the cosine function,
Then,
(b)
To Find: The area of the triangle as the function
(b)
Answer to Problem 7PS
The area of the triangle is
Explanation of Solution
Consider the identity,
Then, by the formula of area is,
To maximize the area, the
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