>>688072793
only if that's a right triangle, then x^2 + 7.92^2=18.71^2

>>688073125
Not a right triangle, not sure of the angles at all.

>>688072793
Either you're underage or you're a dindu nigger

I have a solution to this problem. Jump from the number of your chromosomes to your IQ

need a side,angle,side or two angles and aside to find out

>>688072793
...how old are you?

The answer is 7.92

>>688073483
kek'd

>>688072793
do you have one angle?

>>688072793
There's this thing called "the Pythagorean theorem" which gives you a formula to do this middle school level geometry

law of cos but u need an anjel

OP here xD
Thanks for helping me! I'm 12 years old lol
Someone on Reddit told me to come to /b/ on this website to get help on my math homework xD

>>688073825
You're an idiot, that only applies to right angled triangles. to find this out you need at least one angle

>>688072793
TRIangle - you need 3 pieces of information.

>>688073825
pythagorean theorem only works on a right triangle. it's not stated that the triangle is a right triangle.

>>688073751
Not exactly, I'm trying to find the distance between Star A and Star B with only knowing the distance from me to each individual star.

>>688072793
I have a BS in math and unfortunately if you don't know any of the angles, and you cannot confirm if its a right triangle, then you cannot solve for x. I can draw a picture to help illustrate my point if you need me to

>>688074172
then the answer is not one set number, but a range.

>>688073825 >>>688073125
idiot...first fucking post proves you are austism

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>>688074172
You can't do that. You need to know the angle between the known lengths too.

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>>688073652
how can you come out with an answer?

no angles on the paper the length between the 2 lines of 7.92 and 18.71 could really be anything depending on the angle. you're full of shit kiddo

>pic somewhat related

>>688074427
retard its not a right triangle

>>688074427
OP said it's not a right triangle but nice try

>>688073825
>>688074427
so much austism

For those fuck taras that don't know what a right triangle is. One of the angles needs to be 90° the other two would be 45° br default. We are not given angles, so we can find the answer

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>>688074882
>the other two would be 45° br default
Stay in school, kids.

>>688074795
Well, there is no way to solve it without at the very leat one angle, so there you have a coherent answer assuming it had a 90 degree angle.

>>688072793
approximate the angle, then use law of sines or law of cosines. not hard

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>>688072793
>>688074231 here, here's your 'proof' that you cannot solve with the information you've given.

If you knew one of the angles, you could solve for x, and figure out all the angles.

Also >>688074882 is probably bait, but a right triangle does not necessarily have two 45 degree angle sides. Wikipedia it. The only requirement is that one angle is 90 degrees

>>688075055
math is an absolute thing. it cant be assumed...

>>688072793
X= 11.3

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>>688074427

ok retards, listen up. since the angles aren't stated, they could be anything within the laws of traingles. so, the answer WITH THE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM is a range.

the range is 10.79 to 26.63

this probably isn't the answer required for the homework, but to get the right answer we need more information.

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>>688075276
this

If one is 90° then the other 2 are 45° if one is changed from 45° then it would change the 90° angle.

>>688075162
Indeed, but I assumed it was a 90 degree, OP has no idea about the angles. So in case its a 90 degree trieangle,I just gave you the answer to it.

>>688075510
I think 3^2+4^2=5^2 disagrees with you just a little bit.

steps: draw hyp. draw opposite w/o making a 45deg. measure remaining side. protractor angles.

>>688075725
might as well give him every answer like this faggot>>688075408

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that's a right trip

>>688072793
impossiburu

>>688076044
Asian doubles have spoken

OP, post the actual question from your homework

>>688072793
You're either a massive retard and cant use Pythagoras or a monumental retard who cant copy a question down properly

>>688075891
the only thing that's stated is distance, not direction. your "solution" does not work with the given information.

>>688076320
and before autism hits this....sss is for looking for the angles

>>688072793
I'll give you a tip: draw a line inside the triangle so part of it becames a right triangle...

>>688072793
op use measuring tools. read post:
>>688075891
then make a solution

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>>688074231
Specialization/interests?

>>688076606
You are also massively retarded for not understanding how logic works.

>Either a massive retard who can't use pythargoras
OR
>a monumental retard who can't copy a question down properly

Pythagoras implies he knows the angles, which implies he copied the question down incorrectly. Your 'or' statements are not mutually exclusive, thus, you are the retard.

>>688073423
You need at least 1 angle to solve m8 otherwise this is a no solution

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>>688076957

>>688077301
Certified G.

>>688072793
Herons formula, nigger

>>688072793
you must /b/ a nigga if you cant figure that out

>>688077394
and you cant teach that

>>688077121
Dickhead can you not comprehend a universe in which people just make the corner look as though it would be a right angle, as pictured above, instead of writing down the right angle?

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>>688077027
pen

>>688077411
There isn't enough information to use Heron's formula, nigger.

>>688077084
>>688076320
>>688075085
>>688074427
>>688072793
how fucking retarded are you this is all basic shit

>>688077490
You are a fucking absolute legend of a man.

>>688077411
>>688077084

>>688077150
wrong. as i said before the solution is a range, not a set number.

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>>688077454
can you figure it out?
>see this>>688076320

>>688077587
Good job replying to the continued fraction. It's not even relevant to OP's post.

>>688072793
nigga im stupid af barely passed math as a senor but that shit is a^2+b^2 =c^2 some Pythagorean theorem shit

>>688077587
Dumb enough to reply to this

>>688077627
well then the fucking range is (0, infinity), I hope that helps you retarded cunt

>>688077723
lurk more

>>688077517
I cannot. That sort of universe would be absurd and chaotic. It would be utter madness.

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>>688077723
>nigga im stupid af

yeah, i can see

>>688077862
I wish all math conferences were like this

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>>688077490
>>688077394
>>688077301

This just became a enzo thread

>>688077862
no it fucking isn't. you can't have a distance of zero, nor infinite, on the third leg of a triangle when two of the legs have stated lengths shit for brains

>>688077862

If it's legitimately a range, it wouldn't be 0 and infinity.

>>688077656
*back flip* you fucking idiot its not interesting if it is just basic flip

>>688078020
I went to a math conference where the speaker was presenting a protein/genetic modeling method using splines. It was so underwhelming.

You have to have 3 pieces of data in order to find more.

>>688074360
If it's a range then 10.80 to 26.62

>>688078000
o shit fuck, the same thing always happened in math class. id think i was smart af with the right answer and yell that shit out and everyone laughs at me
>/b/ is bringing back memories

>>688078133
>>688077862
the range is the minimum possible distance between the ends of the legs to the maximum. which i stated in >>688075408

>>688078223
I don't know if that's a high class joke or a really boring conference but goddamn either way.

>>688077862
False. You could say there are infinite solutions, but there is definitely a finite maximum and minimum. Given it's a triangle, all the angles must sum to equal 180 degrees. You could work out a sample problem where the angle between 7.92 and 18.71 is .0001 degrees, and then similarily work out when the angle is 179.999 degrees. doing a few iterations of this going furthher decimals outward would provide a range that is preobably ~ what the other poster suggested.

>>688078454
>>688078341

>>688078456
It was just really boring. Most of the lectures/conferences have been excellent but that one was just bad.

>>688078092
thats why i used a ( bracket, denoting that you can approach it but not reach it, instead of a [ bracket, denoting that you can reach it, you fucking retarded amoeba

>>688078536
T H I S

>>688078654

Except that's still wrong you twat

>>688078536
Way to be an asshole.

Nah, I assumed that if both numbers were to 2 decimal places, the answer would be too, but yeah there are technically infinite answers. Basically it's 10.79<x<26.63

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>>688078654
just stop fucking posting you possessor of excess chromosomes

Use a ruler.

>>688078536
that line could literally be a length approaching infinity or a length approaching zero, i dont know what the fuck you are on about

>>688078721
>>688079085
oh fuck, i am an actual retard.

>>688078834
How's he an ass. The length can't be greater than the other two combined

>>688079085
I'll do it for you and you will see, it doesn't approach infinity. Give me 5 minutes to write it out and post

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>>688077676
>>688077853
these autists looking for the point
news flash faggots you fucking missed it

>>688079280
Never mind. I thought he replied to my post >>688078341 so I replied. But the 0 to infinity guy's a retard

I am the one who was going on about (0,infinity) and i want to concede my position.

You're right, im a retard, the range is (0, 26.63)

>>688079715
you're close, but not quite.
and i'll draw you why. hold on.

>>688080340
I'm on tenterhooks

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>>688079715
The length will not approach 0,I think >>688080340
is about to draw that for you. I got lazy, I'm getting drunk

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>>688081160
I didn't exactly spell out what I'm trying to do, but I'm trying to show that there is a limit
>As 'a' gets smaller, 'A' approaches a limit.
I show this by going from .1, to .01, to .001 for a. You can do the same thing as 'a' approaches 179.99999999. Infinite answers within a finite range.

>>688074427
are you 14?

>>688081333
Them trips. This is so much an easier way to prove the limit than how I was doing it with my proof lol. Well done.

From >>688081160
You might hafta explain it for other anons who think 'hes trolling he just did subtraction blah blah blah'. What you actually did was show the lower limit by making the angle 0. (what I was approaching with my solution) and the upper limit (by adding the two lines together)

>>688081333
hmm. looking back on it, i'm wrong. the range is (>10.79,<26.63), and not (10.79, 26.63), but the point is still made.

>Update on this thread
Everyone on /b/ is in 7th - 9th grade and cant solve a (what looks to be) a general or AC Geometry question

>>688081333
Nice dice

>>688082279
the solution is literally the post above yours.

>>688082344
thanks! let me tell you though. you see that metal d4? stepping on it is worse than stepping on legos. it's a fate i would not wish upon my worst enemies.

>>688082534
Ouch.

>>688082405
Just saw the update, Dave, thanks for notifying me, and tell Julie I said hello.

>>688072793
SOH CAH TOA

Get your angle. Then you can find X. Jesus are you guys this fucking stupid?

>>688082706
>Jesus are you guys this fucking stupid?
No, but you might be.

>>688082702
Julie Hopps?

>>688082706
>>688073595
did you even look at the thread? was like the 4th post

>>688082706
we've been over this. there is no angle given. if there were, this wouldn't have had to have been so fucking complicated.

>>688082915
Sure, why not

>>688082706
OP is 13 years old and disabled

A squared plus B squared, equals C squared, idiot. It's fucken easy.

>>688083569
READ. THE FUCKING. THREAD.

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>>688083637
>>688077301
>>688077394
>>688077490
>>688078037

>>688072793
Are you so fucking stupid that you cannot grab a simple fucking protractor to get the angle?
What a fucking idiot.

>>688085449
need a sextant dumbass

>>688085562
no you dont you fucking cuck

>>688085657
you cucksucker he said it was for stars

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>>688083090

>approximate the angle
>cosine rule

>>688085870
was it tho?

The only solution is to solve for every possible length in every triangle that works with those 2 measurements.

There aren't a lot of solutions that will work, but there are less than infinity.

Find all the solutions and you have solved the problem.

>>688086369
not that guy, sorry. just thought your exchange was funny

>>688086489
>>688082024

>>688086369
i am that guy though. and my name isn't dave.

>>688072793
Op here, the answer was 11.30 thanks for the laugh guys I didn't know it would get this fuckin heated.

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>>688074427
How'd you know it's my birthday....

>>688086489
>There aren't a lot of solutions that will work, but there are less than infinity.
Actually there are an uncountably infinite number of solutions that correspond with what you just said. More precisely, the number of solutions is |R|.

>>688072793
>nigga

Why the fuck would you post a 3264x2448 image? That isn't even rotated properly?!

>>688086758
Ok cool man

>>688086815
how the fuck did you get that number without an angle

>>688086510
Shit now you made me 'that guy'

>>688086881
It was taken with an IPhone, what do you expect?

>>688086815
you said it was a range, you faggot. and it is - at least with the information that you provided.

Look. Cosine(theta)= Adjacent(7.92)/hypotenuse (18.71)

Just take cosine^(-1) (7.92/18.71) to get the angle. Damn yall are retarded.

you can tell that most of the people in this thread are the type that don't read all of the instructions and jump to hasty conclusions.

>>688087136
nope. all OP said was PLS HALP. i'm the one who said all the shit about a range. which is true. because we weren't given a fucking angle.

>>688073423
isn't the formula to use
x^2 + 7.92^2 = 18.71^2
then you just solve for x?
waay too rusty at this shit

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>>688087170
it's not a right triangle you retarded faggot. you better be trolling you fucking idiot.

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this board is retarded

>>688087353
nevermind, not right angle my bad

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>>688087423
i had no idea that i could get angry about math.
and yet here i am. how does this even happen.

>>688087608
you wrote a subset symbol when you meant to write a membership symbol

please kill yourself and never pretend you know math ever again

>>688087608
already solved >>688082024

>>688087608
yeah, the answer totally wasn't posted 35 fucking minutes ago.
>>688082024

>>688075058
They already mentioned the solution process niggers. 4Chan cant math for shit.

>>688087608
>⊂
>not ∈

>>688075058
that sketch is merely a representation of one of infinite possibilities of the triangle given the known variables. You can't just "approximate" another one of the variables.

Did you pass any math classes in grade school?

>>688087838
meh, youre right

oh well, i haven't done proofs in a while i guess

>>688072793
Are you guys so fucking retarded that you cant just cut the triangle in half? Thus you'd have y= sqrt ( (18.71/2)^(2) +7.92^(2) )

Then to get x it's simply x= sqrt( (18.71/2)^(2) +7.92^(2) )

I study Electrical engineering at an elite school. Trust me y'all are fucking retarded.

>>688088350
You use the law of cosines to find two of the angles. The last angle can then be calculated. Fucking imbecile

>>688086815
Put your proof

>>688088575
sorry typo x would then be equal to


x= sqrt ( (18.71/2)^(2) +y^(2))

damn that was easy

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>>688088575
YOU HAVE SOLVED NOTHING

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>>688088575
Behold the power of the engineer, everyone.

>>688088698
You can't apply the law of cosines here, there isn't enough stated information to do so.

>>688088698
how do you use the law of cosines to find anything if all you know are two side lengths? are you retarded?

>>688072793
Use trig (sin, cos, tan) (do the inverse function) it's actually really easy

>>688073423
Don't listen to those fucks use inverse trig, SOH, CAH, TOA...I'm same fagging but for real use that

>>688089139
holy shit i can't handle this anymore. are you people seriously retarded?

>>688089139
Okay, then do it. Kek.

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>>688088575
How do I get into elite school

>>688089315
..that's seriously what you do, pathgrean(can't spell to last to google) only works on right angles, we did a shit ton of these in precalc

Not enough information is provide. OP is laughing his ass off right about now.

One sec I'm the fucker recommending using trig... Pic incoming fuckers

>>688089315
This is easily the funniest math thread on /b/ in a while. And the best part is that OP asked an actual question and was told he needed to get the angle between the two distances, he wasn't even trying to bait people into these responses.

>>688073423
If you don't know the angles, then there's no way of finding the value of X

>>688089744
Fag, you cant solve shit without knowing any of the angles. Sit back down

>>688089583
you can't find anything with just two side lengths.

>>688089886
>>688089880
it was solved.
>>688082024

>>688089758
OP is trolling. Did he even post an actual pic of the math problem?

>>688072793
OP here, is the fact that this is a 3 dimensional problem important at all?

>>688089758
But he didn't. The problem was solved

>>688090054
Arent those assumptions?

>>688090228
no. the answer given in >>688082024
works in the 3d, too. since the top and bottom extremes of the range are from opposite/same sides of the circle.

>>688090228
Post a pic.

>>688090472
no. that's the solution with the given information.

>>688090472
What? What's wrong with the solution?