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	The height of a right triangle		2021-12-15
		From Slash: hi how can i find the height of a triangle from the hypotenuse and base. please go into some details with some steps because it is hard to understand. thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
	An angle i a triangle		2020-05-16
		From Ogunjobi: Two goal post are 8m apart a footballer is 34 m from one post and 38m from the other within what angle must he kick the ball if he is to score Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2020-04-16
		From jo: Find the angle between the two sides of length 5 in an isosceles triangle that has one side of length 9 and two sides of length 5. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A hexagon constructed from two triangles		2020-04-13
		From sunny: Triangles AEC and FDB are equilateral triangles and EA= DF= 12cm. The polygon at the center of the star is a regular hexagon. What is the area of the hexagon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2020-02-23
		From Reagan: I need to find the height of an isosceles triangle with a base of 6 and sides of 4 units. How do I find it? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle from two angles and a side		2020-02-10
		From Chinmoy: How to measure the area of a triangle with two angles and length of the included side known? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The area of a triangle in acres		2019-06-23
		From Karen: if I have a triangle that measures 78 ft x 54 ft x 50 ft, how do I figure out what part of an acre that is?? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The area of a triangle		2019-04-25
		From troy: The base and the height of a right triangle are represented by the expressions below. The area of the triangle is 28 square units. Find the lengths of the base and the height of the triangle base= x+4 height=x-6 Answered by Penny Nom.
	(3d) Whether line segment intersects triangle		2019-04-13
		From rj: Well hello, Lets say I have a triangle, Not any ordinary triangle, but a triangle that is represented in 3 dimensions. I also have a line segment. Lets say that this triangle has points A(0,0,0), B(1,0,0), C(0,1,1) And the line segment has points D(0,1/2,0), E(1,1/2,1) In what way can I find if the line segment and triangle intersect? Their intersection point? I don't prefer matrices, because they don't make any sense, but ... if that's the only way to solve this, then do what's necessary. Thank you in advance. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle		2019-04-10
		From ethan: In equilateral triangle RST, R has coordinates (0, 0) and T has coordinates of (2a, 0). Find the coordinates of S in terms of a. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2019-03-19
		From Dylan: The area of a triangle is 108in squared. A base and corresponding height are in the ratio 3:2. Find the length of the base and the corresponding height Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle of maximum area		2019-03-07
		From Tom: Triangle ABC is such that AB=3cm and AC=4cm. What is the maximum possible area of triangle ABC? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2019-01-29
		From Penny: What is the length of each side of the largest equilateral triangle that fits inside a 3 inch diameter circle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A median of a triangle		2019-01-24
		From Anna: For triangle J(1,4) K(-3,-1) L(3,4), find an equation for the median from vertex J Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle made from 12 matchsticks		2019-01-20
		From Palesa: How many different types of triangles can be made with a perimeter of 12 matches? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How to find the area of triangle?		2018-04-19
		From g.a: how to find the area of triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle in a cube		2018-04-16
		From Sohel: A cube has an edge of 4 cm. A triangle is formed by joining the middle point of one face of the cube to the ends of a diagonal of the opposite face . What will be the area of the triangle ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2018-03-15
		From Olatundun: An Equilateral Triangle Of Side 20cm Is Inscribed In A Circle.Calculate The Distance Of A Side Of The Triangle From the Centre Of The Circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Related rates		2018-02-11
		From angelo: hi admin please help me answer this question. thank you! At a certain instant of time, the angle A of a triangle ABC is 60 degrees and increasing at the rate of 5degrees per second, the side AB is 10cm and increasing at the rate of 1cm per second, and side AC is 16cm and decreasing at the rate of 1/2 cm per second. Find the rate of change of side AB? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An expression for the area of a triangle		2017-11-19
		From hari: why is area of a triangle drawn from centre of a circle i.e radii forming the sides is 1/2 *r^2 sin theta where r is radius Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle with sides measuring 6, 8 and 10 inches		2017-11-11
		From rukhsar: A certain triangle has sides, which are, respectively, 6 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches long. A rectangle equal in area to that of the triangle has a width of 3 inches. The Perimeter of the rectangle, expressed in inches, is Answered by Penny Nom.
	math		2017-11-11
		From rukhsar: A certain triangle has sides, which are, respectively, 6 inches, 8 inches, and 10 inches long. A rectangle equal in area to that of the triangle has a width of 3 inches. The Perimeter of the rectangle, expressed in inches, is Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2017-09-15
		From sumit: what is the area (in sq. unit) of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle x^2+y^2-4x-6y-23=0. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a 30-6-90 triangle		2017-04-07
		From Kameron: i have been given a problem with a 30-60-90 triangle and a circle inscribed with a radius of 2 and was told to find the perimeter of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in an isosceles triangle		2017-01-14
		From Sal: There is a right isosceles triangle. Inscribed inside of it, is the largest possible circle. Ho do you find the value of the radius? I want to find out a way of only using the rules/laws of geometry, or is that not possible. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in an equilateral triangle		2016-11-27
		From jo: what is the radius of the inscribed circle of an equilateral triangle with altitude 12 units? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The circumcentre of a triangle		2016-07-28
		From Raj: If the vertices of triangle ABC are A(-4,-1) B(1,2) C(4,-3) then find coordinates of circumcentre of triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A congruence theorem for two right angled triangles		2016-07-17
		From Sayari: Hello. Is it possible for two right angled triangles to have the same length of base and height and a different hypotenuse? If not so, then why in the congruence criteria RHS the hypotenuse is given more importance? It can also be like- 'two triangles are congruent if they are right angled and have the same base and height.' Thank You. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A trough with a triangular cross section		2016-05-21
		From Clarice: A trough having an equilateral triangle end sections has sides equal to 0.4 m and 7m long.what is the volume of the liquid in the container if the depth of the water is one half the depth of the trough? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle inscribed in a circle		2016-04-22
		From Olyana: I am struggling with this question! Help! So, there is a circle. In the circle, there is an equilateral triangle inscribed. Each side of the triangle is 20. There is no other info given, other than the triangle is inscribed in the circle and the sides of the triangle are 20. I am supposed to find the radius of the circle! Please help! Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle		2016-03-25
		From NIHAL: A isosceles triangle is inscribed in a circle having sides 20cm,20cm,30cm. find the radius of circle Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sides of a triangle		2016-03-15
		From Hitarth: Why we cannot construct a triangle ofngiven sides 5cm,5cm and 10cm? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the angles of a triangle		2016-02-24
		From Sophia: Does every triangle add up to 180 degrees? (Such as a unique triangle) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2016-02-03
		From Brooklyn: How do I figure out the height of a triangle when it only tells me the base of he triangle? And vice versa. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a triangular plot of land		2016-01-11
		From Janelle: I need to fence off 6.5 acres. The plot is triangular shape. How many feet would I be fencing off? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles of a triangle		2015-12-17
		From Faith: Does the measure of angle determine the length of its side? For example two angles are congruent then the sides are also congruent because from my understanding the angle determine the shape of triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angle at the vertex of an isosceles triangle		2015-11-25
		From Karan: I have been given an isosceles triangle. the Top angle is what i have to find out and the two sides adjacent to it are both 4.9 cm. i have been told that the area of the triangle is 4 cm^2. i have no idea how to work this out, any ideas? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length of a shadow		2015-08-01
		From maaz: Hello I am having trouble with this question: Lizzie, who is 6 feet tall, stands in her driveway at night, exactly 24 feet from the base of a spotlight, and casts a shadow that is 12 feet long if her friend Hannah who is 5 feet tall decides to stand next to lizzie how long will her shadow be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of an isosceles triangle		2015-06-11
		From Pradipta: Find the area of an isosceles triangle having two equal sides of 20 cm each and angle between them 45 degree ? ( solve without trigonometric function). Answered by Chris Fisher.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2015-06-11
		From Casey: I have an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle - this triangle has been bisected to give me 2 right triangles. I know the length of the line bisecting the equilateral triangle is 36 inches. How do I figure out the circumference of the circle and the length of the sides of the equilateral triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles right triangle		2015-05-17
		From Ari: In a 45-45-90 triangle find the ratio of a leg to the hypotenuse Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle inscribed in a circle		2015-05-07
		From R2D2: A triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius 10. If two angles are 70 degrees and 50 degrees find the length of the side opposite the third angle? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	An isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle		2015-03-23
		From Rachel: Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle inscribed in circle O. If each leg of the triangle is 13cm and the altitude to the base of triangle ABC is 5cm, find the radius of the circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an equilateral triangle		2015-03-12
		From anna: I am anna and i am in 7th grade. i am trying to find the height of and equilateral triangle, all sides equaling 4 inches Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle and an arc		2015-02-18
		From Sreeharsha: The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC in which BC = AC = 20 cm, and angle BAC = 0.7 radians. DC is an arc of a circle, centre A. Find, correct to 1 decimal place, (i) the area of the shaded region, [4] (ii) the perimeter of the shaded region. [4] Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2014-12-31
		From ahmadmahmoud: an isoseles triangle is such that each of the base angles is twice the vertical angle.Find the angles of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right triangle		2014-12-13
		From Katie: the shorter leg of a right triangle measures 2 feet less than the longer leg. the hypotenuse measure 10 feet. find all three sides Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangle and a triangle		2014-09-27
		From rajesh: The perimeter of a rectangle is equal to the perimeter of a right-angled triangle of height 12 cm if the base of the triangle is equal to the breadth of the rectangle, what is the length of the rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A wire is bent to form a right triangle		2014-09-25
		From Lorena: A wire 24 dm is bent to form a right triangle. The ratio of the shorter leg to the hypotenuse is 3:5. Find the length of the longer leg? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a triangle		2014-08-21
		From Phyllis: What is the perimeter of a five acre triangle with one side being 250 feet and the second side would be at a 90 degree angle. Thank you. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A barge of triangular cross section		2014-08-18
		From tushar: a barge of triangular cross section is 20m long 12 m wide and 6m deep.its floats in SW at a draft if 4m find its displacement Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle on the surface of the Earth		2014-06-26
		From Christine: A, B and C are three towns, the bearing of B and C from A being 310 degrees and 220 degrees, and their distances from A are 510km and 700km respectively. Find the bearing of B from C to the nearest minute. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	An equilateral triangle with vertices in 3 parallel planes		2014-05-31
		From prajay: How to construct an Equilateral Triangle whose vertices lie on three parallel lines, if the distances of two lines are 'a' and 'b' units from the middle line.What is the length of the side of the Equilateral Triangle ? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The length of a shadow		2014-05-09
		From vijay: A girl of height 80 cm is running away from the base of a lamp-post at a speed of 2 m/s. If the lamp is 4 m above the ground, find the length of her shadow after 5 seconds. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two cones		2014-04-09
		From c.j: what is the length of the radius of the LARGER cone(the LARGER cone has a slant height of 15) when the SMALLER cone has a radius of 8 and a slant height of 12ft ,please help. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sides of a triangle		2014-04-06
		From Michael: I am supposed to sove for the length of side "b" of an irregular triangle. I am given the following: Side a: 65' Side b: Find this length Side c: 50' Angle A: unknown Angle B: unknown Angle C: 52 degrees I am supposed to use the law of cosines to solve for side "b" and my teacher says there is no mistake in the "givens" for the problem. I do not see how this can be done using the law of cosines and i have not figured out how to sove for angle B to use the law of cosines. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Shadows of a father and son		2014-04-02
		From esada: the father and son cast a shadow of 11 feet and 8 feet,respectively if the son is 4'8'' in height,how tall is the father? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Is this a right triangle?		2014-04-01
		From amina: decide whether or not the following points are the vertices of right triangle (-9,2),(-1,-2),(-9,11) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The faces of a triangle		2014-03-24
		From Westun: Your answer says that a triangle has 0 faces but isn't the part of the shape you see the face!? Because i am having trouble with that so could you help me! thanks! :) Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a right triangle		2014-03-16
		From akshaya: A circle with centre O and radius r is inscribed in a right angled triangle ABC. If AB=5 cm, BC=12 cm and < B=90*, then find the value of r. Answered by Penny Nom.
	What are the possible lengths of the hypotenuse?		2014-03-07
		From audrey: The three sides of a right angles triangle measure x-2, x+5, and 2x-1 in length. What are the possible lengths of the hypotenuse? ... I'm doing the equation c2=a2+b2 and subbing in the numbers but nothing makes sense Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle has angels in the extended ratio of 2:5:8		2014-02-06
		From Rubina: a triangle has angels in the extended ratio of 2:5:8. find the measure of all three angles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A scalene triangle		2014-01-07
		From cherry: Hi I have been given a scalene triangle of sides - 8m, 6m, and 10m .. Please help me to find out the area and help me to find out the height .. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2014-01-06
		From Anonymous: An equilateral triangle with sides 6 inches is inscribed in a circle. What is the diameter of the circle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2013-10-02
		From raneem: ABC is a triangle in which : BC=20cm. M(<B) =29 and m(<C)=73 . D is the midpoint of BC Find the length Of AB and AD approximated to 2 decimal places Answered by Penny Nom.
	Constructing a triangle		2013-08-22
		From Nazrul: The base, the difference of the angles adjoining the base and the sum of the other two sides are given. How can I draw the triangle? Please help me. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A triangle construction		2013-07-27
		From Nazrul: Two angles and the difference of the lengths of their opposite sides of a triangle are given. How can I draw the triangle. Please help me. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	An isosceles tiangle		2013-06-16
		From Izzy: what's the height of an isosceles triangle which has a base of 50 m, and both of the other sides are 25 m? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle and an incircle		2013-05-09
		From Max: On my Geometry Test about tangent, chord, and secant lengths, my teacher gave an extremely difficult problem. It was a Circle inscribed in a Triangle with all triangle sides being tangents and lengths were given. My class was told to find the length of each segment of the line. The points on each line were the vertexes of the triangle, and the point where the line hits the circle. Please explain how someone could do this. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a right triangle		2013-04-10
		From derek: The legs of a right triangle measure 4 and 6 inches. The area of the triangle is Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of an isosceles right triangle		2013-03-30
		From Michelle: We have a triangle it is a right isosceles. The sides touching the right angle are 10 cm. They hypotenuse is 14.1 (the base) we are trying to find the height of this so we can figure out the area of a shaded sector of a circle. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A shortest distance problem		2013-03-28
		From LYNDELL: I have a right triangle and know the length of all sides. How do I calculate the shortest distance from the vertex of the 90 degree angle to the hypotenuse? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle		2013-01-17
		From Nicole: How do you find the shaded region of a circle if an unshaded equilateral triangle in inscribed in it. The only other things I know about the problem are that the side lengths of the equilateral triangle are 14 inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The side lengths of a triangle		2013-01-07
		From Katie: How do I find the side lengths of a triangle knowing the base and its height? Thank you, Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of an equilateral triangle		2012-12-14
		From shreyaarora: if the area of on equilateral triangle is 24/3cm,then what is its perimeter Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a triangle		2012-11-28
		From Angie: Circle O is inscribed in triangle ABC. Angle A = 50 and angle B = 60. Find arc XY in dgrees Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle given its vertices		2012-11-27
		From elizabeth: how to calculate the area of a triangle using points ABC a (2,5) b ( -4,-3) c ( 6, -1) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two sides of a triangle		2012-11-25
		From Nazrul: In the triangle ABC, AB>AC and the bisector AD of angle BAC intersects BC at D. How can I prove that angle ADB is an obtuse angle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2012-10-17
		From Brian: the base of my triangle is 12 metres and the two sides are 8.45 metres can you help me find the height of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon in a circle		2012-09-11
		From Heidemarie: The vertices of an equilateral triangle with side length of 10 sqrt 3 cm lie on a circle. Find the side length of the regular hexagon whose vertices lie on the same circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The hypotenuse		2012-09-06
		From Jeevan: how can i find the height and base of a right angle triangle if i have the hypotenuse only ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two altitudes of a scalene triangle		2012-08-13
		From grace: Two of the altitudes of a scalene triangle ABC have length 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude is also an integer, what is the biggest that it can be? Justify all of your conclusions. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Three right triangles		2012-07-26
		From Jora: I am having a lot of difficulties with this question. Name: Jora Subject: Math Who are you: Student Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2012-07-10
		From ken: I am trying to determine the various heights of an isosceles triangle, if each has the same base dimension and varies in the degree of the base (equal) angles. What is the method to do this? As an example, of the base is 10, and the two equal angles are each 45 degrees, what is the height? With the same base (10), but with the two equal angles at 60 degrees, what is the height? And with the same base (10) and the two equal angles at 75 degrees, what would be the height? I know how to calculate the degrees of the third angle (add the degrees of the known angles, and subtract from 180); but am unsure if that is needed for figuring the overall height. And to be clear; I am not looking for the length of the sides of the triangle, but the height from the base to the top point. Thank you! Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Finding the circumcentre		2012-05-24
		From Glen: Hi, I'm having trouble finding the circumcentre of these 3 co-ordinates- A(1,1) B(10.5,1) and C(6,6). I understand what circumcentre is but I cannot work out where it is. Thanks very Much, Glen Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a triangle		2012-05-17
		From Emilee: hi. How do i find the area of a triangle if the vertices are (-3,0) (-2,2) and (3,0). I graphed it and it came out a triangle. How do I find the area of it in an easy way? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Drawing an isosceles triangle		2012-05-10
		From Nazrul: How can I draw an isosceles triangle whose each angle adjacent to the base is twice the vertex angle? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The maximum distance from the vertex of a triangle		2012-05-02
		From David: There are three towns A,B,and C, equi-distant apart. A car is 3 miles from town A, and 4 miles from town B. (ie, somehwere outside of the triangle which the three towns form) What is the maximum distance that the car can be from town A? This was asked as quiz question in my local pub last Sunday. The answer is 7. How do I prove it? Best regards. David in Denton. Answered by Robert Dawson and Chris Fisher.
	Third side of a irregular triangle.		2012-04-27
		From Darya.: How to find third side of irregular triangle if c = 17m, b = 28m and area S = 210m^2. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a triangle inscribed in a circle		2012-04-26
		From Maty: How do i find the area of a triangle inscribed a circle while another smaller circle is circumscribed by the same triangle and the radius is 8. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The circumcentre and orthocentre of a triangle		2012-04-25
		From Nazrul: The circumcentre and orthocentre of a triangle is given. A point on a side of the triangle given. A vertex of the triangle on the circumcircle is also given. How can I draw the triangle? Please Help me. Thank you for answering my previous questions. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	How to find the base length of a isosceles triangle if only the sides are given?		2012-04-25
		From aqilah: how to find the base length of a isosceles triangle if only the sides are given? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A puzzle with a triangle and 57		2012-04-25
		From sharon: Question from sharon, a parent: We have been battling with this for days and cant find any solution - Using each of the following numbers once, fill all the spaces in the triangles so that each side of the triangle adds up to 57 numbers are 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 diagram is -       0           0   0       0   57   0   0   0   0   0   Any ideas ? this has to be in in just over 24 hrs ......help! Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a right triangle		2012-04-03
		From Shelli: How do you find the area of a right triangle if you only know that the hypotenuse is 10 and that the base and height are unknown but are equal? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle drawn around a equilateral triangle		2012-04-01
		From BIMAL: what is the diameter of a circle drawn around a equilateral triangle of size 6 cm Answered by Penny Nom.
	Gravel, sand, cement and an equilateral triangle		2012-03-21
		From saheed: how many tonnes of gravel and sand,bags of cements will be required to concrete 5feet depth/deep of 4feet equilateral triangle? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Forming a triangle from 3 line segments		2012-03-15
		From rustom: A point X is selected at random from a line segment AB with midpoint 0. Find the probability that the line segments AX, XB, and A0 can form a triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an equilateral triangle		2012-02-29
		From Carley: Hi my name is Carley. I am an 8th garder. What us the height of an equilateral triangle si the sides are 18 cm? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2012-01-27
		From mary: I have a scalene triangle and the base is 33m, side is 52m and the unparallel side is 25m but i drew a dotted line down and that s 20m how do i figure the area? thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
	1 + 3 + 3^2 ...+3^(n-1) = 3^n - 1/2		2012-01-27
		From Vicki: I am trying to find out how to do show how this proof was worked. Here is the end result 1 + 3 + 3^2 ...+3^(n-1) = 3^n - 1/2 This equation was used to find the number of white triangles in the Sierpinski Triangle Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	What is the height of the triangle?		2012-01-12
		From Hailey: The area of a triangle is 77ft2. if the base is 11ft. how tall is the height? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangles, area and perimeter		2012-01-01
		From Panny: I saw a question asked on your board without an answer. How do I find the area of a triangle any triangle if I only know the perimeter.. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three sides of a triangle		2011-12-24
		From saba: the three sides of a triangular lot have lengths 10,11and 13cm,respectively. find the measure of its largest angle and the area of the lot? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Squares and triangles		2011-12-06
		From Liaqath: You have squares and triangles. Altogether there are 33 sides. How many squares do you have? How many triangles do you have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2011-11-20
		From May: In triangle ABC, AB=AC, angle A=20, D lie on AB making DC=AD, E lie on AC making angle EBC=70. Find angle DEB. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The 3, 4, 5 right triangle		2011-11-15
		From rishil: to the nearest degree,what is the measure of the smalles angle in a rightt triangle with sides of length 3,4 and 5? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right angled triangle		2011-10-31
		From bijo: how can i find the tangent point at a circle with origin as center with radius r and the tangent pass through a given point P? I also want to find out the third point of a right angled triangle given other two points? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a triangular garden		2011-10-31
		From tasha: a garden has sides of 6m,8m and 10m find the area Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The volume of a triangular shaped aquarium		2011-05-07
		From Jeff: HI, I searched the site but really couldn't find my answer, at least that I could understand! I have a triangular shaped aquarium ( think of a cube, except its an equal triangle shape). all 3 sides are 48 inches, and it is 34" tall. Can you please tell me what the volume is in gallons? Thanks! Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a triangle		2011-05-07
		From Aishwarya: The angles of a triangle are 50, 60, and 70 degrees, and a circle is touches the sides at A, B, C. Calculate the angles of the triangle ABC. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An exclusion zone around a triangle II		2011-05-03
		From Aishwarya: A long time ago Mr gibson found an island shaped as a triangle with three straight shores of length 3km, 4km and 5km. He declared an exclusion zone around his island and forbade anyone to come within 1km of his shore. What was the area of his exclusion zone? This question was answered but did not understand the explanation. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A right angled triangle		2011-04-22
		From jeremy: Solve the right triangle with the given sides and angles. a=3.0 cm and b=1.6 cm Answered by Penny Nom.
	Dividing a polygon into triangles		2011-04-16
		From Foxie: You have a given regular polygon with n vertices and you divide it into triangles(using the vertices of the polygon) which each share at least one side with the polygon. How many distinct ways can you divide the polygon if its vertices are numbered? For n=3 it's 1 way, for n=4 it's 2 ways for n=5 5 ways, I'm not quite sure but think that for n=6 it's 12 ways... thanks in advance! Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Triangles with perimeter 16 cm		2011-02-22
		From Chong: How many triangles (up yo congruence) with perimeter 16 cm and whose lengths of its side are integers? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Calibrating a conical tank		2011-02-05
		From Bill: Hi, I have a round tank with tapered sides where I know the diameter at the top and bottom. Is there a formula I can use to calculate the volume by measuring from the bottom up the side (at the angle of the side) to any given point? Thanks, Bill Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	The sides of an equilateral triangle		2011-01-27
		From Cristal: Hello :) How can i find the sides of an equilateral triangle when only given the height 10m? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of isosceles triangle		2011-01-24
		From imraan: how to find the area of isosceles triangle by knowing only its sides Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a lamp		2011-01-13
		From Dorothy: I need to find the lamp height with casting shadow (base line of triangle where a boy 1.6m tall stands 3m from base of street lamp and has a 2m shadow. In other words, think of a right angle triangle with zero height starting at left, then 2m to right stands boy (1.6m high). Angle (hypotenuse) increases up to top of street lamp with 'x' height and 3m base. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The third side of a triangle		2010-12-28
		From andrea: in triangle abc, a-b=5 and the area is 50cm2.If angle c- 90degrees, find the length of c. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Draw a figure with 16 triangles using only 6 line segements		2010-12-16
		From Jill: How can you draw a figure with 16 triangles using only 6 line segements? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Can determine if it is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral		2010-12-01
		From Jessie: find the measures of the sides of triangle KPL and classify each triangle by its sides. my first problem would be K(-3,2) P(2,1) L(-2,-3) ...The three points they give you are the vertices of the triangle and you need to match them up. Draw the triangle and write in the vertices and the related point with the vertex. You will then do the distance formula three times to find the distance of all three sides. Once you have the three sides you can determine if it is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral...using the distance formula how do i solve this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of an equilateral triangle		2010-11-11
		From ginny: If a equilateral triangle has side lengths of 41.33m how would i calculate the area? if i don't know the height of the triangle? thank you. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The base of an isosceles triangle		2010-10-24
		From Brian: how can I find the base of an isosceles triangle from the height and the perimeter? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The third vertex of a triangle		2010-09-23
		From nikos: Hi, I would really appreciate any help in this: "Suppose you have a triangle (any triangle, no hypotheses allowed), let's call it ABC. You know the coordinates of the two vertexes, A(x1,y1), B(x2,y2) and the area of the triagnle, let's call it D. Can you find the third vertex of this triangle based on these facts?" Thanks a lot! Answered by Harley Weston.
	The height of a triangle		2010-08-05
		From Ann: The height of a triangle is 4cm less than the base. The area is 198cm^2. Find the height. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The height of a triangle		2010-06-21
		From Taylor: how do i find the height of a triangle with a base of 3 and a side of 5 the book says 4 but i cant get that Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2010-05-22
		From jose: haw many square feet are in a triangle 30 feet high with a 100 ft base? Answered by Tyler Wood.
	The area of a triangle		2010-05-10
		From Saeed: Show that: Area of triangle = half of the perimeter of the triangle times the radius of the inscribed circle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The altitude of a triangle		2010-05-08
		From kylie: the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 57 degrees 24 minutes and each of its equal sides is 375.5 feet long. find the altitude of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	An angle in a triangle		2010-05-06
		From Morgan: Question from Morgan, a student:                  t         8   t      t 8           t    78   t        t               t   t                        t t   x                       t ttttttttttttttttttttttttt               10 I'm having trouble solving for x I'm not sure where to start ( the ones in the middle of the triangle are both degrees) thanks in advance for your help i really do appreciate it Answered by Penny Nom.
	A regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle in a circle		2010-04-05
		From Beth: A regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle are both inscribed in the same circle so that the hexagon and the triangle share three vertices. The radius of the circle is 10cm. What is the difference between the area of the hexagon and the area of the triangle? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The sides of a 30-60-90 triangle		2010-03-29
		From maris: Find the sides of a 30-60-90 triangle whose perimeter is 6. The solution must use systems of equations using 3 variables. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The hypotenuse		2010-02-27
		From Dannielle: how do you find the hypotenuse if a=8 and b=6? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many triangles...?		2010-02-22
		From deciree: Given 12 points, no 3 of them on a line with 6 red, 4 blue and 2 green points. a) How many triangles have vertices all the same color? b)How many triangles have vertices with each vertex a different color? c)How many triangles have at least one green vertex? thanks to lorraine! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangles		2010-02-19
		From Wiliam: A box contains one 2 inch rod, one 3 inch rod, one 4 inch, and one 5 inch rod. What is the maximum number of different triangles that can be made using these rods as sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The vertices of an equilateral triangle		2010-02-19
		From Emma: If two of the vertices of an equilateral triangle are (2,1) and (6,5), what are the two possible coordinates of the third side of the triangle? Answer in radical form. Answered by Tyler Wood.
	An isosceles triangle		2010-02-11
		From Kim: I am given the length of the two legs of an isosceles triangle (8), and the base angles are 30 degrees...I am asked to find the area of the triangle with only this information Answered by Tyler Wood.
	The other two sides of a right angle triangle		2010-02-09
		From ayesha: how to find the other two sides of right angle triangle when length of one side and angle of other side is given i.e 45 Answered by Penny Nom.
	A dirt berm		2010-02-05
		From casey: My question is two fold. I want to build a dirt berm that is 95 feet long and 8 feet high which has a 45 degree angle on each side of the slope. My first question is how wide will the berm end up being? Second question is how many cubic yards of dirt will I need to get? Thanks! Answered by Harley Weston.
	An impossible isosceles triangle		2010-01-31
		From Hailey: An isosceles triangle has one angle that measures 50 degrees and another that measures 70 degrees. Why can't this triangle be drawn? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2010-01-28
		From Jazzy: An isosceles triangle is a 2 congruent (equal) sides. Of the third side is three times the length of the congruent side(s), and the perimeter is 75 cm, find the length of all three sides of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle in a rectangle		2010-01-25
		From Sangya: The perimeter of the rectangle is 21 inches. The perimeter of the inscribed triangle is 21 inches. Find the dimensions of the rectangle Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Solving a triangle		2010-01-25
		From Paige: how do i solve a triangle with one angle of 73 degrees, one angle of 32 degrees, and one side of 23cm? Answered by Harley Weston.
	An altitude of the triangle intersect a side of the triangle		2010-01-23
		From Sarah: In what type of triangle does an altitude of the triangle intersect a side of the triangle at its midpoint?? -Sarah Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	The triangle inequality		2010-01-11
		From Nazrul: If A and B are any two vectors, then how can I prove that magnitude of (A+B)<=magnitude of A+magnitude of B. Please show me the process in details. Thank you. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Triangles on a base of 2.4 meters		2009-12-26
		From Allan: Please,How do I calculate the height of a triangle when I only know the width of the base line,It is 2.4 mtrs. Thankyou very much. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle with two equal medians		2009-12-19
		From Nazrul: If two medians of a triangle are equal , how can I prove that the triangle is isosceles. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Houses on a triangular field		2009-12-18
		From Beth: Hi, this is the question i have to answer. Planning permission has been granted to build houses on the triangular field in the diagram. The housing density permitted is 1 house for each 200m². Calculate how many houses can be built on this Beth Answered by Robert Dawson.
	An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle		2009-12-06
		From anna: An equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius 6. Find x and the length of one side of the equilateral triangle. The picture is a triangle where the corners touch the sides of a circle and there is a line drawn down the middle of the triangle. A point labeled D which is in the triangle but im pretty sure that its marking the radius of the circle. From that point D is a line going from that point to the bottom left corner of the triangle. So this line shall make another mini triangle. The bottom of the big triangle is then split into 2 segments and the left segment is labeled x. Please help for I am stuck! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2009-12-06
		From Carl: What is the height of an isosceles triangle if its base is 12cm, and its base angle is 72degrees? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The triangle formed by the tangent and the coordinates axes		2009-11-23
		From Nirmala: Given that y=1/x, x is not equal to zero. Prove that the area of the triangle formed by the tangent and the coordinates axes is 2. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The three medians of a triangle		2009-11-18
		From Nazrul: If the three medians of a triangle are equal, how can I prove (without using the property that the three medians of a triangle cut one another at a point of trisection) that the triangle is equilateral. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The base and height of a triangle are in the ratio of 3:2		2009-11-18
		From Mike: Find the base and height of a triangle using the ratio 3:2 and an area of 108 inches square. Is there a formula we need to use? Thanks Mike Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three angles and one side of a triangle		2009-11-16
		From Esther: How do i find the sides of an acute triangle if i know the angels are 60,45,75 and i only know one side which is 10? Thanks! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The line through D(-4, 0) and E(2, 6)		2009-11-16
		From Rogerson: The point F is on the line through D(-4, 0) and E(2, 6) so that DF=4DE. Find the coordinates of F. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2009-10-28
		From Nazrul: ABC is a triangle , D is the mid point of AB and DE is parallel to BC where E lies on AC. How can I prove that E is the mid point of AC. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The hypotenuse of a right triangle		2009-10-18
		From steven: the perimeter of a right triangle is 20 cm. its area is 15 sq cm. find its hypotenuse. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three angles of a triangle		2009-10-13
		From Michelle: The second angle of a triangular garden is four times as large as the first. The third angle is 45 less than the sum of the other two angles. Find the measure of the other two angles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right triangle		2009-10-12
		From Josseph: A right triangle has an area of 84ft sq. and a hypotenuse 25ft long. What are the lengths of the other two sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right-angled triangle		2009-10-02
		From Hunter: The three sides of a right-angled triangle measure x-1, x+6, and 2x+1 in length. What are the possible lengths of the hypotenuse? Answered by Penny Nom and Melanie Tyrer.
	A triangle on a sphere		2009-09-07
		From Rohit: How do I find the angles of a triangle drawn on a sphere (spherical triangle)? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A paper towel roll		2009-08-19
		From Jeff: I am making a spiral tube with paper that is 2" in dia. and 102" long I will be using paper that is slit 3" wide how many lineal feet of paper will I need to to cover the 102" I will be using 3 rolls of paper that will over lap the other by half to make a hard tube (paper core) in a roll of paper towels Thanks Jeff Answered by Penny Nom.
	Solve for s		2009-08-12
		From Michelle: My daughter and I are having trouble with this problem...All it says i solve thr formula for the indicated variable. Height of an Equilateral Triangle. Solve for s: H= square root of 3/2 * S Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2009-08-09
		From Megan: Find the perimeter of an isosceles triangle with a verticle angle of 100 degrees and a base of 25 cm. I think I could answer this if I knew what a verticle angle was. Thanks Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Constructing an isosceles triangle		2009-07-27
		From Sanjay: How to construct an isosceles triangle ABC with a base BC = 5.4 centimetre and altitude AD = 4.7 centimetre? Please help. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	The sides of a triangle		2009-07-08
		From Susan: The second side of a triangle is 5ft more than the length of the first side. The third side of the triangle is 10ft less than the length of the first side. The perimeter of the triangle is 61ft. Find the lengths of each side of the triangle. Thank you so much! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2009-07-02
		From Rory: I'm trying to find the area of a triangle with points -2, 1; 4,1 and 7,4 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two questions from math class		2009-06-18
		From Con: Hello, My name is Con and my son is required to answer the following questions for his maths class. He has attempted Q1 through trial and error and has found the answer to 72453. Is this correct? He has attempted to draw the triangles described in Q2 in a number of ways and has found that BE can not equal ED and is dependent of angle BAC. Therefore, he claims that the triangle can not be drawn/practical. Is this correct or is there a slolution? Q1. Digits 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are each used once to compose a 5-digit number abcde such that 4 divides a 3-digit number abc, 5 divides a 3-digit number bcd and 3 divides a 3-digit number cde. Find the 5-digit number abcde. Q2. Let ABC be a triangle with AB=AC. D is a point on AC such that BC=BD. E is a point on AB such that BE = ED = AD. Find the size of the angle EAD. Con Answered by Chris Fisher.
	I'm building a fence at my house.		2009-05-24
		From dylan: I'm building a fence at my house. If my hypotenuse is 50ft, what are the lengths of my other two legs? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The position of the fulcrum		2009-05-23
		From jim: I think I need a formula. I need to know how far an object will be lifted. A beam is 246 inches long on one side of the fulcrum, and 41 inches on the other side, if I push down 36 inches on the long side of the beam, how much will the short side move up? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Application of Derivatives of Trig Functions		2009-05-21
		From Alannah: I have a word problem from my Calculus textbook that I can't figure out. Triangle ABC is inscribed in a semicircle with diameter BC=10cm. Find the value of angle B that produces the triangle of maximum area. I am supposed to set up an equation for the area of the triangle A=b x h/2 using Trig functions based on angle B to represent the base and height but I'm not sure how to do this when the side length given is not the hypotenuse. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	The sum of the angles of a triangle		2009-05-18
		From mary: prove that the sum of the three angles inside any triangle always add up to 180 degrees? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Angles in a triangle		2009-05-16
		From Robert: The second angle of a triangle is twice the sizee of the first angle, the third angle is 48 degrees less than the sum of the other two angles. What are the measurements of all 3 angles? PS: please help Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Finding Height of a Triangle Given Area and Base		2009-05-14
		From theodore: area of a triangle is 40 in ^2 and base is 4 in what is the height Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle		2009-05-11
		From Deb: Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle with one leg 7 cm longer than the other and the hypotenuse 2 cm longer than the longer leg. I've ended up with the hypotenuse = x+9, another side = x and the other side = x+7. what do i do next? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A hexagon inside a triangle		2009-05-03
		From Brian: How do you figure out the area of an equilateral triangle with only the clue of a regular hexagon perfectly inside it (no boarders) and the only thing you know about the hexagon is it has an area of 12cm^2? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A max-min problem		2009-04-20
		From Charlene: A fixed circle lies in the plane. A triangle is drawn inside the circle with all three vertices on the circle and two of the vertices at the ends of a diameter. Where should the third vertex lie to maximize the perimeter of the triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a right triangle		2009-04-17
		From drakkar: how do i find the height of a right triangle that in 176 feet in area Answered by Penny Nom.
	The central angle of a chord		2009-04-06
		From Dale: How do I find the central angle if I only have the cord length and radius. Answered by Harley Weston.
	An isosceles triangle		2009-03-26
		From sela: An isosceles triangle has two equal sides of length 10 cm. Theta is the angle between two equal sides. a) Express area of a triangle as a function of theta b) If theta is increasing at a rate of 10 degrees/minute, how fast is area changing at the instant theta=pi/3? c) at what value of theta will the triangle have the maximum area? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The base of a triangle		2009-03-25
		From yinna: how do I find the base of a triangle who's height is 2 times the base and the area is 9? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The base and height of an isosceles triangle		2009-03-23
		From Chris: How do you find the base and height of an isosceles triangle that has 2cm legs? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The height of a triangle		2009-03-20
		From jon: hi, my daughter has to find the height of a triangle her side are 174ft and 184ft and the area is11,500 ft squared. thanks for the help jon Answered by Penny Nom.
	The midpoints of two sides of a triangle		2009-03-17
		From Manis: Prove that the line joining the midpoint of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third and half of it. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Related rates		2009-03-14
		From Jeevitha: The side of an equilateral triangle decreases at the rate of 2 cm/s. At what rate is the area decreasing when the area is 100cm^2? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The angles of a triangle		2009-03-11
		From Marissa: The angles in a triangle measure 7x-1, 18x+2, and 5x+10. Determine whether the triangle is acute, obtuse, or right. State your reasons clearly. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The height of a right triangle		2009-03-08
		From Anah: Could you please tell me the formula for me to calculate the height of a triangle. I have the angles and side lengths. I am trying to calculate the height of an right triangle, the dimensions are as follows: The Base/Hypotenuse is: 8x Side A is 2x. Side B is 2x. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The sides of a triangle		2009-03-07
		From felicia: ona map, tannersville, chadwick, and barkersvile for a triangle. Chadwick is 70 miles from Tannersville and Barkersville is 90 miles from Tannersville. Which is a possible distance between Chadwick and Barkersville? a. 5miles b. 10 miles c. 150miles d. 200 miles Answered by Harley Weston.
	Triangles within triangles		2009-02-24
		From Mari: a large shaded triangle changes each day with a white triangle appearing in the center of each shaded one. If this pattern continues, how many white triangles will be there on the 6th day? On the 6th day, what fraction of the large outer triangle will be white?THANKS! Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Trig functions without geometric data		2009-02-24
		From bob: I do not understand how it is possible to find the sine, cosine, or tangent of an angle if there is no hypotenuse, opposite or adjacent side?! Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The height of a triangle		2009-02-14
		From GARIMA: IF THE SIDES OF TRIANGLE ARE GIVEN . HOW WE WILL CALCULATE THE HEIGHT OF TRIANGLE. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2009-02-06
		From lisa: find the height of a triangle, which can be split into two right triangles, but the base (4') is not split equally in half. No interior angles are given. side a=3', side b=5' Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2009-02-05
		From Theresa: Find the area of a triangle by first finding the height. base30ft hypotenuse50ft Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 30-60-90 triangle		2009-02-03
		From Inez: If you have a 30-60-90 triangle and the only side you get is 73 and a 90 degree box, how do you find the area? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2009-01-29
		From Mariah: An isosceles triangle has sides 10cm, 10 cm and the base 4cm. How do you find out the height of the triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2009-01-25
		From black: Explain how the formula for the area of a triangle can be determined by using the formula for the area of a parallelogram. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2009-01-20
		From ELEY: WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF A TRIANGLE IF THE AREA IS 32.4 AND A BASE OF 6.75? Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
	A triangle with sides of length 6 and 7		2009-01-20
		From bill: If I have a triangle with sides 6 and 7, which of the following is a possible area? The answers are 13 and 21, but not 24. I know this is because of a possible range of heights, but how do I calculate the range of heights? This is an SAT question. Thanks Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of an isosceles triangle		2009-01-19
		From faris: how to calculate area of isosceles triangle with two angles of 45 degree and base of 6 Answered by Penny Nom.
	The ratio of the measures of the three angles of a triangle		2009-01-18
		From mary: The ratio of the measures of the three angles of a triangle is 2:5:8. What is the measure of each angle of the triangle? Answered by Robert Dawson and Harley Weston.
	The area of a triangle		2008-12-23
		From ashiya: Hi, I have attached figure of the triangle, Can you please help to find the area of Triangle ABC. Thanks. Ashiya Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The volume of a feed hopper		2008-12-18
		From John: I need to calculate the volume of a feed hopper, and I'm not sure how to break it down. The top of the hopper is 36" x 36", it is 30" deep, and ends at a 6" x 6" plate. One side of the hopper is straight top to bottom, of course tapering on two sides to meet at the plate. The other three sides angle down at about 75 degrees. I need to determine the cubic foot volume of this hopper (it is used for ground coffee) so I can configure a vibrator to knock down residual grounds. Thanks. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	An equilateral triangle		2008-12-17
		From lorraine: an equilateral triangle has side lenghts of10.the length of its altitude is? Answered by Penny.
	The third vertex of a right triangle		2008-12-10
		From prashant: how to calculate coordinates of third vertex in a right angle triangle given the coordinates of hypotenuse as (1,3) and (-4,1) Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The centroid and circumcircle of a triangle		2008-12-09
		From prateet: in an equilateral triangle prove that the centroid and centre of the circumcircle coincide here i am not clear about the concept of centroid and circumcircle i cant understand how AGis 2/3 AD. please help in details about the topic mentioned. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The area of an isosceles triangle		2008-12-02
		From prateet: the area of an isosceles triangle is 60 sq cm and one of its equal sides is 13 cm. Find the base of the triangle. Answered by Penny.
	3 equidistant points		2008-12-01
		From Damien: How do you find 3 equidistant points (C,D,E) on a line between point A(Xa, Ya) and point B(Xb, Yb) so that AC, CD, DE and EB are all equal? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The height, base and perimeter of a triangle		2008-11-17
		From Zack: How would i calculate the height of a triangle if the base is 10cm and the area is 50cm²? If possible how would i calculate the length around the the triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle inscribed in a circle		2008-11-17
		From Wanda: I have the same question that you guys answered 2007-03-02. I need more clarification. I UNDERSTAND how to get the radius=3, I get that it is an equilateral triangle so each vertex is 60 degrees, I get that area of triangle is 1/2 bh. I DO NOT understand why we multiply area X 3 , or how to calculate the values of base and height. Please explain a little further. Thanks. Wanda Answered by Penny Nom.
	The midpoint o a line segment		2008-11-15
		From Jane: The vertices of a triangle are at (1,7), (6,-1) and (0,3). Find the coordinates of the midpoints of the sides. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles and sides of a triangle		2008-11-13
		From JAMIE: a triangle with a side(b)37m an angle(C)70degrees and (a)79m find values of angles A and B and length of side c Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A flagpole and a yardstick		2008-11-07
		From Wanda: One boy holds a yardstick vertically at a point 40 feet from the base of the flagpole. The other boy backs away from the pole to a point where he sights the top of the pole over the top of the yardstick. If his position is 1 ft 9 in from the yardstick and his eye level is 2 ft above the ground, find the height of the flagpole. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an equilateral triangle		2008-11-06
		From touqeer: My question is that how can we find the height of an equilateral triangle without using pythagoras theorem? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles of a triangle		2008-10-31
		From kyla: an isosceles triangle has two 50 degrees angles.what is the measure of the third angle? explain how you found your answer. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area of a triangle		2008-10-22
		From Jia: I need to find 3 ways of finding the area of a triangle. I've already had one method down which is b x h and divided by 2. What other 2 ways can i find the area of a triangle? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A geometric construction		2008-10-17
		From M: Given any 3 parallel lines on a plane, how to construct an equilateral triangle with each vertex on each line? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The height of a right triangle		2008-10-06
		From David: Could you please tell me the height of a right angle triangle when the base measurement is 4930mm and the base/hypotenuse angle is 10 degrees. this will help a lot. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The perimeter of a triangle		2008-09-29
		From Debbie: How do I calculate the perimeter of a triangle if the lengths of two sides are equal and all the angles are known? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The vertices of a triangle		2008-09-27
		From T.: how do you find the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle with the sides determined by the graphs of the following equations:4x+3y+1=0,4x-3y-17=0,4x-9y+13=0? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The base of a triangle is twice its height		2008-09-26
		From carolyn: The length of the base of a triangle is twice its height. If the area od the triangle is 100 square kilometers, find the height. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right triangle		2008-09-25
		From john: a right triangle has hypotenuse wich measures 20cm and a perimeter 47cm. find the measure of the remaining two sides Answered by Harley Weston.
	Consecutive Even Integer Sides of a Triangle		2008-09-24
		From Brad: I am having a problem coming up with a formula for my son's eighth grade math problem. We have found the answer by guess and check but have a mental block on the equation. Any help would be appreciated. The problem is: A right triangle has sides whose lengths in feet are consecutive even intergers. Determine the length of each side. Thanks Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	The height and base of a triangle		2008-09-12
		From Bailey: The length of the base of a triangle is 1cm less than 5 times the height of the triangle. The area of the triangle is 21 square cm. What is the the height of the triangle and the length of the base of the triangle? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A garden in the shape of an isosceles triangle		2008-09-12
		From Rita: Gregory wants to build a garden in the shape of an isosceles triangle with one of the congruent sides equal to 12 yards. If the area of his garden will be 55 square yards, find, to the nearest tenth of a degree, the three angles of the triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of an equilateral triangle		2008-09-11
		From Gerry: How can I find the perimeter (length of side) of an equilateral triangle if the only information I have is the altitude? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a right triangle		2008-09-09
		From Shanon: I know that A=1/2bh, but for the life of me cannot figure out my 6th graders math problem. What is the perimeter of a right triangle whose area = 600 sq. ft. Answered by Victoria West.
	Finding the Speed of a Truck		2008-09-08
		From Rita: A state trooper is hidden 30 feet from a highway. One second after a truck passes, the angle theta between the highway and the line of observation from the patrol car to the truck is measured. (a) If the angle measures 15 degrees, how fast is the truck traveling? Express the answer in feet per second and miles per hour. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	An exclusion zone around a triangle		2008-09-07
		From Awrongo: A long time ago Mr Gibson found an island shaped as a triangle with three straight shores of length 3 km,4 km and 5 km. He declared an 'exclusion zone' around his island and forbade anyone to come within 1 km of his shore. What was the area of his exclusion zone? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	The length of an arc		2008-09-04
		From Angie: Segment PR is a diameter of circle S. If angle P =3D 25, find minor arc QR. This circle has an isosceles triangle in it, it is connected to the diameter, Answered by Harley Weston.
	A triangle and an inscribed circle		2008-09-01
		From Nancy: I'm a computer programming student, and I'm supposed to figure out how to find the area of a circle inside a triangle if someone types in the length of each side of the triangle. So, a user can type in any three numbers they want into the three "side length" boxes, and I have to find the area of the circle that would fit inside the triangle they create from those values. So the circle can be any size, depending on the size and shape of the triangle the user creates. The circle has to touch all three sides of the triangle somewhere. Then, my program calculates the area of the triangle and thus the area of the circle. I just need to know how the circle would change depending on the length of each side of the triangle that the user puts in. Is there a way to find out how the circle's area is related to the triangle around it? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a triangle		2008-08-25
		From Beverly: What is the area of a triangle on a graph with the following points: 18,110 6, 110 12, 100 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Radii and Chords Create a Non-Right Triangle		2008-08-22
		From Beary: AOC is a diameter of circle O. Line AB is 12, and lines OA and OC (the radii) are 10. Find the length of line BO and chord BC. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	Joining vertices in a polygon		2008-08-18
		From Megan: I'm trying to develop a relationship between the number of points of a regular polygon and the (a) number of lines you could draw between those points, (b) number of triangles you could draw, (c) number of quadrilaterals, etc. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Solving for Shared Height of Two Right Triangles		2008-08-17
		From Heidi: find the height of a triangle, which can be split into two right triangles, but the base (50m) is not split equally in half. one end of the base is 40 degrees, while the other is 30 degrees. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	Similar Triangles Given a Median		2008-08-17
		From RAM: Sides AB , AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to PQ PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that ABC is similar to PQR Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	Similar triangles		2008-08-12
		From ramarao: D is a point on side BC of a triangle ABC such that BD/CD=AB/AC. prove that AD is the bisector AD is the bisector of BAC Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The base of a triangle		2008-08-10
		From Mark: What is the formula I need to use to find the base of a triangle sail that is 16 feet high and has an area of 64 square feet. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Arc-length and sector-angle		2008-08-06
		From Benson: If chord length, radius are given, How to find the sector angle and arc-length Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	Area of triangle formed by three tangent circles		2008-07-31
		From brian: Three circles with radii 3,4 and 5 touch each other. The circles are tangent to each other. What is the area of the triangle formed by the centers of the circles? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Finding Angles in a Pyramid		2008-07-30
		From Carla: A pyramid has its vertex directly above the centre of its square base. The edges of the base are each 8cm, and the vertical height is 10cm. Find the angle between the slant face and the base, and the angle between the slant edge and the base. Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	An equilateral triangle		2008-07-21
		From Meagan: An equilateral triangle has vertices at (0,0) and (6,0) in a coordinate plane. What are the coordinates of the third vertex? You may want to sketch it out. Note: The sides of an equilateral triangle are identical in length. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The height of a triangle		2008-07-18
		From Becc: I have to find the height of a triangle. The base is 3.1cm say ab One of the top sides is 4cm say ca The other side is 2cmsay cb Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle inscribed in a circle		2008-07-15
		From Anne: Here is the math problem quoted from book: "An isosceles triangle is inscribed in a circle of radius R, where R is a constant. Express the area within the circle but outside the triangle as a function of h, where h denotes the height of the triangle." Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle - no height given		2008-07-12
		From phoenix: given triangle with angles 30,105 45 degrees. base = 2radical 2, no height given Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two triangles and a circle		2008-07-03
		From Anita: An equilateral triangle with side of length 1 cm is inscribed in a circle. A second equilateral triangle is circumscribed about the circle with all sides tangent to the circle. Find the length of a side of the second triangle. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2008-06-22
		From Evelyn: Hi! I am facing problem finding the height of the isosceles triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle and a square		2008-05-24
		From s: how to construct a triangle whose area is equal to the area of a given square? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the length of the 3rd side?		2008-05-23
		From lee: If you have a triangle 12ft across the bottom then on the right is a 90 degree angle and that side is 18ft tall. What is the length of the 3rd side? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle inscribed in a semicircle		2008-05-19
		From Larissa: Find the area of the shaded region outside of a triangle inscribed (meaning the all three points of the triangle are on the circle ) in a half circle of diameter 10 inches, if one side of the triangle is the diameter and the other side is 8 inches long. (A triangle that is inscribed in a triangle is a right triangle by definition.) Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right angled triangle		2008-05-16
		From bryan: The sides of a right angled triangle are x, x+1, x+2 cm. Find the perimeter. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2008-05-07
		From Jay: Given: An Isosceles Triangle with the area=16m squared. What would be the length of each leg. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Fencing a triangular field		2008-04-29
		From Julieta: The area of a field shaped like a triangle is 750yards squared. One leg of the field is fenced with wood costing $5/yd. The remainder of the perimeter of the field is fenced with steel costing $10/yd. The perimeter of the field is 150yards. the total cost of the fencing is $1200. a. What is the length of the leg fenced with wood? b. what is the length of the leg fenced with steel? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The Pythagorean theorem with triangles rather than squares		2008-04-29
		From Zachary: I need to figure out how to prove the pythagorean theoorem using equilateral triangles instead of using square. I know that A^2+B^2=C^2, but how do you get that by using equilateral triangles. I know the area of a triangle is BH1/2=Area. So what i need to know is how to derieve the formula of a triangle to get the pythagorean theorem Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle inscribed in a triangle		2008-04-26
		From Amar: I have been given a circle inscribed in a triangle and have been told to prove that the ratio of the perimeter of the triangle to the circumference of the circle is the same as the ratio of the area of the triangle to the area of the circle. How would this be done? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Walter Whiteley.
	The height of a triangle		2008-04-17
		From Trent: I need to know the area of a triangle. One side is 5 the base is 12 and the angle between them is 52 degrees. No height is specified. How do I find the height to get the area? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 30-60-90 triangle		2008-04-16
		From Ron: 30-60-90 triangle. Base is 2.75 how do I find the length of the other two sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three sides of a triangle		2008-04-16
		From Bridgett: The sum of the lengths of any 2 sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side. If the triangle has one side that is 11 CM, and the second side of the triangle is 4 cm less than twice the third side, what lengths do the 2nd and 3rd side have to be? between 0000-00-00 and 9999-99-99 Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An isosceles right triangl		2008-04-09
		From Stephanie: An isosceles right triangle has an area of 35 sq cm. What are the lengths of the sides? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	The area of an equilateral triangle		2008-03-28
		From Elizabeth-Morgan: I have a problem that reads: Find the area of a triangle with sides of 4 cm. Find the height first. This means that I have an equilateral triangle, and I need a formula to calculate the height using the base, and the sides. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Similar triangles		2008-03-26
		From Nisha: In triangle ABC, LM is parallel to AB. If AL=x-3,AC=2x,BM=x-2,BC=2x=3. Find x Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem about a triangle		2008-03-23
		From kathy: The measure of the largest angle of a triangle is twice the measure of the second largest. The measure of the second largest is 20 degrees more than the measure of the smallest. Find the measure of each angle. Answered by Melanie Tyrer.
	The area of the triangle with vertices (-1,-8), (-1,1), and (5,1)		2008-03-23
		From jimmy: find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (-1,-8), (-1,1), and (5,1) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a right triangle		2008-03-19
		From Tate: I need to find the area of a right triangle. I already know that the formula would be a squared + b squared = c squared. However, I only have the length of the hypotenuse and the base. Answered by Victoria West.
	The area of an equilateral triangle		2008-03-16
		From michael: my daughter has been given a task and I'm stuck too. if an area of an equilateral triangle = 85cm squared there are no other dimensions provided. how do I calculate the length of each side ? please Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2008-03-14
		From Tara: Area of triangle is 4,018 square yards. Its base is 82 yards. What is its height? Thanks Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Side lengths and area of a triangle		2008-03-08
		From angela: In the diagram of ABC the angle A is 65 the angle B is 70 and the side opposite vertex B is 7. Find the length of the side opposite vertex A and find the area of ABC Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two circles and a triangle		2008-03-07
		From Adrian: The vertices of a right-angled triangle are on a circle of radius R and the sides of the triangle are tangent to another circle of radius r. If the lengths of the sides about the right angle are 16 and 30, determine the value of R+r Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 6 pointed star		2008-03-04
		From Siddharth: When 2 congruent equilateral triangles share a common center, their union can be a star If their overlap is a regular hexagon with an area of 60, what is the area of one of the original equilateral triangles? a) 60 b) 70 c) 80 d)90 e)100 Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The angles of a triangle		2008-03-01
		From Allen: How to find the other two angles of a scalene triangle if one angle is given Answered by Steve La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2008-02-28
		From Jessica: Triangle ABC Angle C is 3 times angle A angle B is 30 degrees less than angle C what are the measurements of the angles I have the measurements and I have the Equation but I can't figure out quite how to solve it the proper way Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A proof in geometry		2008-02-27
		From Kimberly: I'm trying to write a proof for the following: If all altitudes are equal in an equilateral triangle then all sides are equal. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A right triangle		2008-02-25
		From Ali: The length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 metre more than the longer leg. The length of the longer leg is 7 metre more than the length of the shorter leg. Find the number of metre in length of each side of the right triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The base of an isosceles triangle		2008-02-24
		From tahrima: find the base of an isosceles triangle whose area is 12sq.cm and the length of 1 of the equal sides is 5 cm. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Two right triangles		2008-02-18
		From Amy: Hi, I have a problem that has me stumped. There are two right triangles that share the same adjacent side (AB) which is 240'. The right angles of each triangle are at the opposite ends of the shared side. The Opposite side (AC) of Triangle ABC is 180' and the Hypotenuse (CB) is 300'. The Opposite side (BD) of Triangle ABD is 100' and the Hypotenuse (AD) is 260'. How do I figure out where the hypotenuses intersect? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
	The area of a right triangle		2008-02-18
		From ASHLEY: WHAT IS THE AREA OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE? WITH THE SHORT SIDE BEING 16 AND THE HYPOTENUSE 20? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length of the third side of a triangle		2008-02-16
		From mary: I have an angle of 72 degrees and each of the sides are 5' long. What is the distance from each of the ends of the 5 feet to form a triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A triangle and its incenter		2008-02-11
		From Elle: In the figure, P is the incenter of triangle ABC, the radius of the inscribed circle is 6cm, and the perimeter of triange ABC is 38cm. What is the area of triangle ABC? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A flagpole and a statue		2008-02-09
		From Krista: A flagpole casts a ten meter (m) shadow at the same time as a six metre (m) statute beside it casts a two metre shadow. What is the height of the flagpole?? Answered by Steve La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A three sided shape		2008-02-09
		From Tim: Question from Tim: How would I calculate the area in square feet of a "triangle" with sides: Base is 36 feet; height is 70 feet; and the thirs side is an arch (curve) of 77 feet. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Classifying a triangle		2008-02-07
		From kevin: scalene triangle 8 ft base right side 9.5 left side 12 ft what is the angles Answered by Penny Nom.
	Inscribed square in a triangle		2008-01-27
		From Adrian: Consider a right-angled triangle PQR, where QR is the base and PQ is the height. QR=4cm and PQ=3cm. A square is inscribed in this triangle.Determine the length of one side of the square. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Finding the area of an isosceles triangle given one angle and the inradius		2008-01-24
		From Saurabh: Given an isosceles Triangle, whose one angle is 120 and inradius is √3. So area of triangle is? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The smallest possible perimeter		2008-01-23
		From RS: If two points of a triangle are fixed, then how can the third point be placed in order to get the smallest possible perimeter of the triangle. Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Number of points with integer coordinates which lie inside the triangle		2008-01-22
		From Saurabh: Number of points with integer coordinates which lie inside the triange whose verticies are (0,0) , (0,21) and (21,0) ??? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The three angles of a triangle		2008-01-21
		From val: two angle in a triangle equal 120 degree. what is the measure of the third angle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles of a triangle given the three sides		2008-01-17
		From Lucy: Is there a way to find the angles of a triangle just by knowing the lengths of it's sides? It seems like the would be a relationship between the two, but I'm not sure. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
	How tall is the pole?		2008-01-13
		From Michael: If a 25 foot cable is attached to the top of a pole, and that cable attaches to the ground ten feet away from that pole, how tall is the pole? The 25 foot cable is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with a base of ten feet. Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom.
	Forces on an inclined plane		2008-01-10
		From Ron: A body that weighs 540lbs is caused to slide up an inclined plane with a uniform velocity by a force that acts parallel to the plane. For each foot of horizontal distance, there is a vertical rise of 2in. If the coefficient of sliding friction is 0.16, what force is required to move the body? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The height of a triangle		2008-01-04
		From Dara: The area of a triangle is 54m2. If its base is 5m, find its height. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Lining up coins visually using geometry and trigonometry		2007-12-31
		From Jessica: a) In what order would you arrange a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, and a half-dollar so that they all have the same apparent size? The diameters of the coins, in thousandths of inches, are as follows: penny, 750; nickel, 835; dime, 705; quarter, 955; half-dollar, 1205. b) How should the coins be placed, if the distance between the dime and the half-dollar is 100 units? How far from thw dime should your eye be to see that all the coins have the same apparent size? c) What angle do the coins subtend when they have the same apparent size? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Calculate the two possible lengths of the third side.		2007-12-28
		From Lisa: An isosceles triangle has an area of 25.6 sq cm. The two equal sides are 8.4 cm long. Calculate the two possible lengths of the third side. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many triangles can be formed?		2007-12-21
		From pankaj: Q.There is 2 lines parallel to each other. If 1st has 5 points in it and 2nd 3 points in it,how many triangles can be formed? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find the lengths, and explain in a 'let statement'		2007-12-20
		From Cordilla: the length of the sides of a triangle are 3 consecutive whole numbers. The perimeter of the triangle is 102 meters. Find the lengths, and explain in a' let statement'. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
	Smallest cone containing a 4cm radius inscribed sphere		2007-12-19
		From Eva: A sphere with a radius of 4cm is inscribed into a cone. Find the minimum volume of the cone. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A triangle and a rectangle		2007-12-14
		From Someone: A certain triangle has sides that are, respectively, 6inches, 8inches, and 10 inches. A rectangle with a n area equal to that of the triangle has a width of 3 inches. What is the perimeter of the rectangle, in inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Finding all the angles		2007-12-13
		From Rajesh: An eqilateral triangle is drawn in a square with one of the side as its base and draw the lines from the other angular sides such that there are four triangles formed inside the square which includes the equilateral triangle.I want to know all the angles of all the triangles formed inside the square. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A 45-45-90 triangle		2007-12-13
		From Aaditya: explain to me please how to do the 45-45-90 theorem when one of the legs(not the hypotenuse) is 3. How do you find the remaining two sides? please help me out. Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	A right triangle		2007-12-06
		From Shubhomoy: The co-ordinates of a hypotenuse are (1,3) and (-4,1). Find the equations of the perpendicular sides. Answered by Harley Weston.
	A circle inscribed in a triangle		2007-12-06
		From Linnea: I have a tringle with a circle inscribed in it. My teacher wants me to find the radius of the circle. This is what she gave me to work with. The triangle is ABC, AB = AC = 6, and BC = 4. She also told us to use A(squared) + B(squared) = C(squared). and that there are altitudes and and incenter. I have no idea how to do this. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Third side of a triangle		2007-12-05
		From Sudhir: How can we find the all positive integral values for the third side of a triangle, whose other two sides measure 15 and 20 respectively. (No other information viz. the type of triangle, area, perimeter or angles etc. is given.) Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Area = 1/2 ab SinC		2007-12-03
		From Eileen: Given: Acute triangle ABC, with a, b, c, being the respective opposite sides to angle A, angle B, angle C, and altitude, h, drawn from angle B to b. Prove: The area of trianlge ABC=1/2abSin C Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of a triangle		2007-11-30
		From Kevin: if the base of the triangle is 13ft and the altitude is 6ft then what is the area, and how do we calculate this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find the centroid		2007-11-26
		From josh: vertices X(-2,6) Y(4,10) Z(14,6) find the coordinates of the centroid Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An isosceles triangle		2007-11-26
		From Nancy: I needed to help my 9th grade daughter regarding a geometry problem. After a while I realized I am not getting anywhere. I saw that in 2005 someone asked the same question and you gave them a hint. Unfortunately it still did not help. Because I had figured that much!Can you kindly help me proof this problem? PX and QY are attitudes of acute triangle PQR, and Z is the midpoint of PQ. Can you write a proof that triangle XYZ is isosceles? I am sure it is something simple I am missing, but I just can not seem to be able to see it. Thank you much. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The areas of a rectangle and a triangle		2007-11-13
		From karen: hoe to calculate the shaded area of a triangle in a rectangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	The third side of a triange		2007-11-12
		From Christine: I need the inequality to describe the third side of a triange if two sides are known. First side is 23 and second side is 15. What is the third side? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Victoria West.
	Related Rates (streetlamp and shadow)		2007-11-09
		From Casey: A street light is mounted at the top of a 15ft pole. A man 6ft tall walks away from the pole at a rate of 5ft per second. How fast is the tip of his shadow moving when he is 40ft from the pole? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Two triangles		2007-11-08
		From Barbara: If the base of a larger triangle is 34 inches long, what is the length of side A of the smaller triangle? (the small triangle has on top the letter a on the right side of the triangle it has the letter b, and at the bottom of the small triangle it has the number 17) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height and area of a triangle		2007-11-05
		From Daniella: I need the exact formulas to find the height, the area,the lenght of triangles... Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2007-11-03
		From William: I need to find the height of a triangle if the base is 15, one side is 14 and the other side is 13. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A right angle triangle		2007-11-02
		From PRAIMNAUTH: In a right angle triangle , knowing one angle (90 degree ) and the length of the base, how can you calculate the hight and the hypotenuse ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The base and height of a triangle triangle		2007-10-31
		From mike: How do you find the length of the base or the height of a triangle if the area is 30 square feet? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an isoceles triangle		2007-10-29
		From Maura: I am trying to calculate the height of an isoceles triangle but in this case AB is not equal to AC. How do I calculate this? Thank you, Maura age 13 Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The length of the side of a triangle		2007-10-28
		From devon: hay ok i have the height of a triangle but how do i find the length od the side if all of the sides are the same length Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equalateral triangle is 30 acres		2007-10-28
		From mike: If the area of an equilateral triangle is 30 acres, what is the length of each side in feet or miles? Answered by Penny Nom and Victoria West.
	Area of a triangle formed by three points on a graph		2007-10-26
		From Betty: My question is 'find the are of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (3,5),(6,-5), and (-4,10) Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Magic triangles		2007-10-25
		From joshine: i confuse about a magic triangle.but my teacher ask me to make examples of it in 4 different magic triangle and also different pattern can you help me about it? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle with height 2 inches		2007-10-23
		From Christine: I'm doing an project in school about tessellations. But first, I have to construct an equilateral triangle with an altitude of exactly 2 inches. I know how to draw an equilateral triangle...but I don't know what I have to do in order for the triangle to have an altitude of 2 inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Surface area of an open-ended cone		2007-10-16
		From Lorne: What is the surface area of an open ended cone? Measured at 10' high, 16' diameter on the bottom and 2' diameter at the top. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Four triangles in a square		2007-10-15
		From Kristina: A square with side lengths of 6 cm is divided into 3 right triangles and a larger isosceles triangle. If the three right triangles have equal area, find the exact area of the isosceles triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Triangle perimeter and area		2007-10-05
		From divakar: The sides of the triangle are integers. The perimeter is 8. What is the area? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Find the area of the traingle		2007-10-02
		From Indrajit: The perimeter of a triangle is equal to the perimeter of a semicircle of radius 35 cm.The ratio of the triangles is 5:6:7. Find the area of the triangle? [pie = 22/7] Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Equation of a circle circumscribing a triangle with given vertices		2007-10-01
		From Randy: How do I determine the equation of a circle when it is circumscribed by a triangle whose vertices are (-1, 6), (3, -2), and (2, 5)? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An equilateral triangle		2007-09-13
		From Bibi: An equilateral triangle has a point P inside it. PA, PB, PC are the perpendiculars from point P to the three sides of the triangle. Help me show that PA+PB+PC is the same no matter where the point P is..? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Find the area between (-4,0) (2,0) (2,6)		2007-09-11
		From sabrina: Find the area between (-4,0) (2,0) (2,6) Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right angles triangle		2007-09-05
		From Daryl: I have a right-angled triangle. two of its sides are 12.6cm. The third/last line is missing. How can I find the length of the last line? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Similar triangles		2007-08-29
		From James: Question: In the triangle ABC, X is a point on AC. AX = 15 m and XC = 5 m. The angle AXB is 60 degrees and the angle ABC is 120 degrees. Find the length of BC. I am sure to an extent that this has to do with similar triangles, but I am not certain. Answered by Harley Weston.
	A geometry problem		2007-08-20
		From samhita: ABC is a triangle. Let D be a point on side BC produced beyond B such that BD=BA. Let M be the mid-point of AC. The bisector of angle ABC meets DM at P. Prove that angle BAP=angle ACB. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The length of the third side of a triangle		2007-08-15
		From Brooklyn: What is the equation to find the length of the third side of a triangle if you have the length of A, B, and the angles(s)? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A right triangle		2007-08-11
		From Peter: Ok, is it possible to find the height and base of a right triangle when all the information you are given is the length of the hypotenuse? I also know that the angle between side b and the hypotenuse is 45 degrees. please help. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Three points on the circumference of a circle		2007-07-30
		From Bharathi: given a circle with radius r and a point x,y on its circumference,output two other points x1,y1 and x2,y2 on the circle so thar all 3 points form a equilateral triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Area of a star in a regular pentagon with side length 10cm		2007-07-24
		From Chetna: A regular pentagon with side 10 cm has a star drawn within (the vertices match). What is the area of the star? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An oblique triangle		2007-07-19
		From fhay: In an oblique triangle, If side a=95, side b=102 and side c = 150 find the missing angles solved by right angles...Thank's a lot...... Answered by Penny Nom.
	The isosceles triangle of largest area with perimeter 12cm		2007-07-16
		From sharul: find the dimension of isosceles triangle of largest area with perimeter 12cm Answered by Harley Weston.
	Proof that any side of a triangle is less than half the perimeter.		2007-07-07
		From Omkar: Any side of a triangle is smaller than half of its perimeter, prove this in short ? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Finding the radius of an inscribed circle		2007-07-05
		From Maria: I need to find the radius of a circle which is inscribed inside an obtuse triangle ABC. I know all the angles and all the lengths of the triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Chris Fisher.
	Using calculus to prove the formula for the area of a triangle		2007-07-04
		From Apratim: Using calculus how can one show that the area of any triangle is 1/2 times its base times its height? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter.		2007-07-02
		From eve: I am trying to help my daughter with the following problem: A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The sum of one side of the square and one side of the triangle equals 28 cm. Find the sides of the figures. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Using Heron's Formula to help maximize the area of a triangle		2007-06-27
		From Claire: Given one side of a triangle is 4 cm and the ratio 1:3 for the other 2 sides. What is the largest area of the triangle? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
	Volume in a triangular water trough		2007-06-24
		From David: A water trough has sloping sides of length 500mm making it triangular in cross section, with vertical ends. The width at the top is 600mm and the length is 2.0 metres. (i) Calculate the capacity of the trough, giving your answer accurate to the nearest litre. (ii) Find out the depth of the water when the trough is half full. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The perimeter of a triangle		2007-06-20
		From chelsie: how do i find the perimeter of a triangle given the area, base, and height? Answered by Penny Nom and Walter Whiteley.
	Using the Pythagorean Theorem		2007-06-18
		From cynthia: Hi, If I have a question with a right triangle and it asks.... If ABC is say 400 miles. How much shorter will the miles be if I travel from BC? I don't exactly remember the question but, I would I solve a problem similiar to this one? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of equilateral triangle		2007-06-05
		From solomon: describe the area of equilateral triangle in terms of its side? solve in two ways. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A regular octagon is made up of 8 identical isosceles triangles		2007-06-04
		From Alex: A regular octagon is made up of 8 identical isosceles triangles. If the perimeterof each isosceles triangle and the hexagon are 58 cm and 168 com respectively, find the length of the identical sides of the triangle. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	How many faces does a triangle have?		2007-06-04
		From Daniela: how many faces does a triangle have? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Area of an isosceles triangle		2007-06-01
		From Josh: In a previous question answered by Sue regarding the area of a regular polygon you gave a formula for the area of an isosceles. My question is how did you get this formula? Can you please explain to mean the process that you used to get that formula? Thanks Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Altitudes of scalene triangles		2007-05-17
		From Chris: Two of the altitudes of a scalene triangle ABC have length 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude is also an integer, what is the biggest that it can be? Answered by J. Chris Fisher.
	Area of an equilateral triangle		2007-05-09
		From Diana: how do i find the area of an equilateral triangle when they give us the base? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The vertices of a triangle		2007-05-02
		From natakie: Find the coordinate of the vertices of a triangle whose sides lie on the following three lines. 2x+5y-16=0, 4x-3y-6=0 and 3x+y+2=0 Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2007-05-02
		From Cassie: If you have a scalene triangle with sides measuring 8 units, 6 units, and 10 units (and 10 is the base) how do i find the height perpendicular to the base of 10? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2007-04-23
		From Dimitri: In the triangle ABC, M is the midpoint of AB and N is the midpoint of AC. Prove that CM and BN cannot bisect. (I can prove it by contradiction if it is a scalene triangle, but i cant seem to prove it for isosceles) Answered by Chris Fisher.
	I am looking for a triangle joke		2007-04-18
		From deborah: Hi there, I just found your website. Wow! I am presenting a triangle presentation on Friday at school and I am looking for a triangle joke to open up the presentation. Do you have one to share with me? I'm discussing types of triangles if that helps. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Determine the probability that the triangle is acute.		2007-04-10
		From Greg: Points A1, A2, . . ., AN are equally spaced around the circumference of a circle and N >=3. Three of these points are selected at random and a triangle is formed using these points as its vertices. If N = 2k for some positive integer k >= 2, determine the probability that the triangle is acute. Answered by Penny Nom.
	I have an isosceles triangle.		2007-04-10
		From Stephanie: I have an isosceles triangle. The two equal sides are given to me, but not the base. The equal sides are 12. I have to find the base of the triangle. Help!! Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A right triangle		2007-04-05
		From Lee: What would be the length of the long side of a right angle triangle if one side was 47cm and the other was 56cm. Many Thanks Answered by Steve La Rocque and Jaymi Peterson.
	What is the hypotenuse of a right traingle		2007-04-04
		From debbie: what is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides of 38 meters and 24.2 meters. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The angles in a right triangle		2007-03-28
		From Golaan: I need the to understand the formula for finding either of the acute angles of a right triangle given it's hieght length and base length. I want to find the degrees of either accute angle. So for this example I have a right triangle with a height of 410 meters and a base length of 1,700 meters. I don't understand cosine, sine, and tangent or the other ones at all. So if the solution includes those (which I believe it does) could b very verbose yet in a very elementary way? The purpose of ths is that I have to define the general incline angles (or grade) of various areas of terrain. I know the distance by map and also the the altitude at either endpoint. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The Reuleaux Triangle		2007-03-22
		From Dani: Hi! My question is: Determine how the area of the Reuleaux Triangle of width h compares to the area of a circle of width h? Thanks! Dani Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle		2007-03-18
		From Farzana: pointsA(1,0),B(8,0),C(3,4) are the vertices of a triangle.What is the of this triangle? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An isosceles Triangle		2007-03-15
		From Devon: The length of one of the equal legs of an isosceles triangle is 8 cm less than 4 times the length of the base. If the perimeter is 29 cm, find the length of one of the equal legs. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Can the triangle be called both an acute triangle and an equilateral triangle?		2007-03-10
		From Jane: If all sides of a triangle are the same length and all angles are 60 degrees, can the triangle be called both an acute triangle and an equilateral triangle? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Finding the vertical height of a roof		2007-03-05
		From Zainab: The question is: If the vertical height if a triangle is half the width of the base and the slant length is 6 metres, find the exact vertical height of this part of the roof. I'm actually confused about finding out the height of an equilateral triangle if you're only given the length or slant height. Please help! O.o Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of an inscribed triangle		2007-03-02
		From Caitlin: What is the area of an equalateral triangle inscribed in a circle whose circumference is 6 pie?? PLEASE HELP Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three sides of a right triangle		2007-02-23
		From Sharon: I know the hypotenuse of a right triangle is a^2 + b^2 = c^2 but when I replace this with the numbers given, I can't solve it. Here is my question: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2.8 units long. The longer leg is 1.9 units longer than the shorter leg. Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle. Answered by Pam Fowler and Penny Nom.
	The three sides of a triangle		2007-02-23
		From Christopher: If two sides of a triangel have lengths 4 and 9, then the length of the third side may be any number: a) Less than 13 b) Greater than 5 but less than 13 c) Greatehr than 4 but less than 9 d) Greater than 5 Answered by Haley Ess.
	Similar triangles		2007-02-21
		From Vivienne: The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 8, 15, & 17. If the longest side of a simlar triangle is 51, what is the length of the shortest side? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Find the area of the triangle		2007-02-20
		From Christina: Graph the function f(X)= x+1/x-1 and graph the tangent line to the function at the points A:(2,3) and B:(-1,0). The point of intersection of the two tangent lines is C. Find the area of the triangle ABC. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A triangle inscribed in a semicircle		2007-02-06
		From Benneth: Consider a triangle inscribed in a semicircle with a radius of R. What are th possible perimeters for the triagle? And the areas? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter and area of a right angled triangle		2007-01-31
		From Naveen: I need to calculate the area of a right angled triangle. However the measurements of the 3 sides is missing. All we are told is that the perimeter of the triangle is 1000cm. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Height of a right triangle?		2007-01-29
		From Engelbert: The base of the right triangle is 50 ft. At the angle (on the base of the triangle) across from the right angle is labeled portion (a triangle within a triangle), the base of this little triangle is 10 ft. and the height is 6 ft. What equation can i use to solve this? Answered by Steve La Rocque and Haley Ess.
	A right triangle		2007-01-29
		From Tayler: One leg of a right triangle is 8 cm. less than the hypotenuse while the other leg is 1 cm. less than the hypotenuse. Find the length of the hypotenuse. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2007-01-27
		From Brendan: I need to find the height of an isosceles triangle whose angles are 52, 52 and 76 degrees. The base is 100, and the two equal sides are unknown. How would I go about this? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of a scalene triangle		2007-01-20
		From Kalsi: I have a scalene triangle in which i have to find the area. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2007-01-17
		From Sharon: I am needing to determine the height of a triangle with a 50 ft base and one side is 40 ft the other side being 30 ft. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2007-01-14
		From Shanelle: I'm trying to find the height of a triangle but i only know the base and one of the sides as well as the angle between those two sides...but how can i find the height? Answered by Penny Nom.
	In the shadow of a building		2007-01-11
		From Bill: if a building b feet cast a shadow f feet long, then, at the same time of the day, a tree t feet high will cast a shadow, how many feet long? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	One leg of a right triangle		2007-01-11
		From Eric: I have a right triangle and the only known leg is one leg adjacent to the right angle. The question is how to find either of the other angles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Where do the medians of a triangle meet?		2007-01-02
		From Brittany: Where do the medians of a triangle meet? 1. Inside the triangle v 2. On the traingle 3. Outside the traingle Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	How do the perimeters of the two pentagons compare?		2007-01-02
		From Robert: If the area of one pentagon is eighty-one times the area of another pentagon, how do the perimeters of the two pentagons compare? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2006-12-29
		From Paula: The area of a triangle is 24cm². Its height is 2cm more than its base. Determine the base and the height. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2006-12-29
		From Katrina: Is there any way to calculate the height or the length of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle given only the base length and the angles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the angles in a triangle		2006-12-12
		From Becky: Why does a triangle always equal 180 degrees? We know that all the angles add up to 180 degrees but cant find a valid reason for it. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2006-12-01
		From Jeni: I need to know how to figure out the height of a triangle when all I know are the sides and base. The sides are 5 and the base is 8 What do I do? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2006-11-29
		From Ann: Triangle FUN has A) 72.8 B) 65.2 C) 72.7 D) 65.3 Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Creating a triangle in a circle		2006-11-28
		From Dirk: My daughter has a school project where she must draw a circle and then draw an equilateral triangle inside the circle. She said you have to identify six points on the circle to correctly draw the triangle. How do you accomplish this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right angled triangle		2006-11-22
		From Siddhartha: area of a right angled triangle OAB where OA = 5 and OB = 3 Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a building		2006-11-19
		From Sweetie: I have to figure out the measure of the water towers antenna on my schools campus using up to two items created by me and a manual. I don't know far away we are going to have to be. I need to have a fool proof way to figure out the distance to the tower. I have an idea using trigonometry but its really roughly estimated. Do you have any suggestions? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The height of a triangle as a function		2006-10-19
		From Ryan: Let 2s denote the length of the side of an equilateral triangle. Express the height of the triangle as a function of s Answered by Penny Nom.
	The hypotenuse		2006-10-02
		From Ashley: How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle? I don't understand how to find c. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An equilateral triangle has been wedged in between two circles.		2006-09-22
		From Kim: An equilateral triangle has been wedged in between two circles. How does the diameter of the smaller circle compare to the diameter of the larger circle. image: circle inside of an equilateral triangle touching all sides of the triangle; both the triangle and the circle inside are placed into a larger circle where the triangle vertices all touch the circle Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length of the third side of a 45 degree Isosceles triangle		2006-09-20
		From Rusty: what is the formula to determine the length of the third side of a 45 degree Isosceles triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How large is the property?		2006-09-20
		From Jahn: a triangular lot has 750 feet on one side of a 90-degree angle and 500 feet on the other side of the angle. how large is the property? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length of 2 sides of a triangle		2006-09-15
		From Lonnie: I need to know how to figure the length of 2 sides of a triangle, as the following example: The length of the bottom is 12' and the angles are 45, 45 I need to know how long the other 2 sides must be to get an angle of 90 at the top. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The volume of a triangular box		2006-09-12
		From Irene: How do I find the volume of a triangular box? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2006-09-01
		From Anthony: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE AREA OF A TRIANGLE THAT IS 42" AT THE BASE WITH EQUAL SIDES OF 29" . Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	How do i get the height of an isosceles triangle?		2006-08-29
		From Luis: How do i get the height of an isosceles triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How fast is the water level rising		2006-08-12
		From Erin: Water runs into a conical tank at the rate of 9ft3/min. The tank stands point down and has a height of 10 ft. and a base radius of 5 ft. How fast is the water level rising when the water is 6 ft. deep? (V=1/3 pi r2 h). Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2006-08-06
		From A student: A triangle is such that its medium side is twice as long as its shortest side, and its longest side is three times as long as its shortest side. The perimeter of the triangle is 54 yards. What are the lengths of the three sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Isoperimetric quotients		2006-07-07
		From Jessica: How do you work out an algebraic equation for the IQ of an isosceles triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Order of operations		2006-06-29
		From Jaden: (1) A triangle has vertices at (-3,-3) (7,-3) and (-2,5). What is the area of the triangle? Is there a way of doing this so that you dont have to graph it? If the x axis is horizontal can i say it is the base and the y-axis is horizontal meaning the height. Would I be able to do this...-3 to 7-->9 spaces, -3 to 5-->7 spaces-----9(7)63/2=31.5 (2) A cube has a surface area of 54 square centimeters. What is the volume of the cube in cubic centimeters? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of a sector and a triangle		2006-06-23
		From Howard: I thought of the following problem which is similar but much simpler than the tethered goat problem: What is the angle(it is more illustrative in degrees)of arc of a unit circle so that the area between the chord it subtends and the arc length is equal to the area of the triangle with opposite side the subtended chord. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Designing a garage		2006-06-08
		From A builder: I'm currently designing a garage and came upon this interesting math problem. I've tried using various methods to solve it but have so far been unsuccessful. I've included a picture as its far easier to show you my question than explain it verbally. I realize it could be done by trial and error but i'm looking for a real solution. Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	The area of a 30, 60 90 triangle		2006-05-24
		From Willetta: if there is a triangle with a 30, 60, and 90 degree angle and the shortest side is 6cm how do you find the area? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2006-05-21
		From A student: how do you find the area of a triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The interior angles of a right triangle		2006-05-20
		From Greg: I am wondering if there is a way to figure out the interior angles of a right triangle if we know ONLY the side lengths, and the trick is, we CANNOT use arctangent! Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2006-05-18
		From Jim: Right angle triangle with a hypotenuse of 20 units. Square inside the triangle with sides of 4 units, the square shares two sides with both legs of the triangle, and the corner touches the hypotenuse limiting the triangles size. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The last slice of pizza		2006-04-27
		From Lori: I have a pizza. The radius is 10 inches long.The pizza was cut into 16 equal slices. When one slice was left, my sister and I both wanted it, so we agreed to cut it in half, but I like the crust more than she does, so we decided to cut it the "other way." In other words, the two pieces would not be symmetrical. The inside piece would contain all topping, and the outer piece would contain some topping and some crust. How far up the radius from the center of the circle will I need to cut so we will both have an equal area of pizza? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Ladder and wall		2006-04-27
		From Lori: A 12-foot ladder is leaning across a fence and is touching a higher wall located 3 feet behind the fence. The ladder makes an angle of 60 degrees with the ground. Find the distance from the base of the ladder to the bottom of the fence. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Perimeter of a triangle atop a square		2006-04-13
		From Mary: There is an (irregular) pentagon that is made up of a square and a triangle. The triangle is directly on top of the square. The triangle is a right triangle. One of the angles is 45 degrees. One of the sides of the triangle is 4. What is the perimeter of the pentagon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Finding the side of a triangle		2006-04-06
		From Carole: okays, well, im having difficulty finding the side of a triangle. It is a right triangle and the information given is that the hypotonous is 24 and the angle adjacent to the 90 degree is 32. Im trying to find X, which is placed on the bottom leg of the triangle, and have no idea how to do it. can you explain to me how to get the answer, please? i'd like to know for future reference, please. thank you. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The height of an isosceles triangle		2006-04-01
		From Chris: how do you work out the height of an isosceles triangle if i know the length of the base but i don't know any angles or the lengths of the sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2006-03-26
		From Colby: the length of one side of a triangle is 2cm less than twice the length of the altitude to that side. the area of the triangle is 30 cm squared. find the length of the altitude. first of all, what is an altitude? and how do i find it? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Can an equilateral triangle have an obtuse angle?		2006-03-26
		From Chris: Can an equilateral triangle have an obtuse angle? I'm thinking not, because all sides must be equal, but does that also imply that all angles are equal? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The volume of water in a cone		2006-03-21
		From Ghulam: A vessel has the shape of an inverted cone.The radius of the top is 8 cm and the height is 20 cm. Water is poured in to a height of x cm.Show that if the volume of the water is V cubic cm,then V=(4/75)pi x3. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three towns are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle		2006-03-20
		From A student: three towns are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The towns are 8, 5, and 3 miles, respectively, from a store. How far apart are the towns? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Heights and shadows		2006-03-06
		From Debra: A person is 7 ft tall and his shadow is 10 ft tall. using the same info what is the shadow of a person who is 5ft tall Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon		2006-02-28
		From Trevor: An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon have equal length perimeters. What is the ratio of their areas? Answered by Penny Nom and Stephen La Rocque.
	Cutting off the top of a triangle		2006-02-22
		From Ken: I'm a creative type who needs to find how you can determine the horizontal, relative percentages within a triangle. Attached is a pdf showing approximately the 50% line, but I'd like to know how to determine any percentage (horizontally) within a triangle . I know that if I put a horizontal line though the height of the triangle I won't be showing 50% above and 50% below. The bottom part has to be larger (correct me if I'm wrong). I'm not concerned about height as I am wanting to break down the percentages into 60% at the bottom, 25% in the middle and 15% at the top. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle of 50p pieces		2006-02-22
		From Stuart: Ok, so i am collecting 50p pieces and arranging them on my desk in the shape of a triangle. eg 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p 50p I want to work out how much money I'm saving just by knowing how many rows of coins there are. If i can work out how many coins there are just by knowing how many rows I have I can just divide by 2 to find out the amount in dollars. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Translate and magnify a triangle		2006-02-19
		From A student: Triangle CAT has vertices located at C(-2,5), A(-5,1), T(1,1) Translate triangle CAT 4 units right and magnify the triangle by 3. List the new coordinates and explain the process of computing the new coordinates. Graph triangle CAT and the new triangle form part A on the same coordinate plane.... Will the area of the new triangle be 3 times as large as the original?? Explain why or why not Answered by Penny Nom.
	The third side of a triangle		2006-02-09
		From Clayton: How do I find the length of the third side of a triangle if a=30m, b=30m and I need to find c? Answered by Steve La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	How do you find the angles in a triangle?		2006-01-27
		From Keith: How do you find the angles in a triangle if you know the lengths of the sides? Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	how can i find the height of a triangle if i have the base and the hypotenuse		2006-01-27
		From Kelsey: how can i find the height of a triangle if i have the base and the hypotenuse Answered by Penny Nom.
	Subdividing a polygon into triangles		2006-01-26
		From Adam: is there an algorithm to divide a regular polygon into N equilateral triangles having the same area (no limit on N), or if not, an algorithm to divide a regular polygon into N triangles having the same shape and size? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The third side of a triangle		2006-01-25
		From Bob: Is there any way to obtain the third side of a triangle when 2 sides are the same length (2.18 inches). I also need to find the angles. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three angles in a triangle		2006-01-23
		From A student: the measure of the 2nd angle in a triangle is 4 more than the measure of the 1st angle. the measure of the 3rd angle is eight more than twice the measure of the 1st angle. find the measure of each angle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The centroid of a triangle		2006-01-18
		From Andrea: I am trying to find the centriod of a triangle. I have been given the three vertices of the triangle: A (-25, -20), B (-5, -40), and C (15, 30). I believe I calculated the correct midpoints: AB(E) (-5, 5), BC(D) (5, -5), and AC(F) (-15, -30). When I graphed these points I came up with the solution (-5, -10), but I can't seem to write the answer out (equations of the lines, etc) correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle from the lengths of the sides		2006-01-16
		From A student: How do you figure out the height of a triangle when all you have is the length of the sides of the triangle? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	How do I find the area with only one sides measurement?		2006-01-10
		From Amy: If you have a right triangle with the 90 degree angle located in the bottom left corner and the triangles most sloped line goes from the top left down to the right bottom. And the length of the slope line is 10(radical sign)with the radicand of 2. How do i find the area with only one sides measurement. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a right triangle		2005-12-21
		From Sanmantha: I am trying to solve for the height of a right triangle. The base is .05 mm, and the apex is 0.5 degrees. I vaguely recall from high school that this should be enough information to solve for height, but I can't remember what equation(s) to use. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the angels in a triangle		2005-11-25
		From Rachel: how do you prove, without knowing any of the measurements or degrees, that the three angles of a triangle equal 180? what are the steps for proving that? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find the measure of each angle		2005-11-25
		From Bev: in triangle abc, angle a is four times as large as angle b, angle c measures 20 degrees less than angle b. find the measure of each angle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2005-11-14
		From Chris: PX and QY are attitudes of acute triangle PQR, and Z is the midpoint of PQ. Can you write a proof that triangle XYZ is isosceles? Answered by Chri Fisher.
	Triangles with integer sides		2005-11-04
		From Tammy: I am trying to find another pair of integer sided isosceles triangles, not the same as the ones listed below, with equal areas. (5,5,8) (5,5,6) Answered by Chri Fisher.
	Constructing figures		2005-09-20
		From Kim: I would like to know how to draw different shapes: Regular Octagon with sides of length, 1 unit Equilateral Triangles, with sides of length 1 unit Regular Hexagons, with sides of length 1 unit Isoseles Triangles, with hypotenuse of length 1 unit Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 30-60-90 triangle		2005-09-11
		From Gary: I have the length of only 1 side of triangle with angles of 30-60-90 degrees. How can I find the length of the other 2 sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2005-08-26
		From Martha: I have a triangle that with a base of 60' and the two sides of 37'. I know the formula for area is A=1/2 (b*h) but how do I find the height?? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right triangle		2005-05-18
		From Bill: If I know the base and the slanted side of a right triangle, how do I figure out the height? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some triangle problems		2005-05-06
		From A student: 1.use the heron's formula to find area of triangle ABC to nerest tenth A.a=21 b=28 c=11 B.a=23 b=28 c=12 2.Find the nearest tenth the altitude of the longest side if a=3 b=3 c=5 3.the length of each side of a rhombus is 10 cm the length of one diagonal is 12 cm find the area to the nearest square centermeter Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle...with		2005-04-23
		From Shannon: If given an isosceles triangle...with Is there any possible way to do this, without knowing a side, if so, please explain in detail. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The centroid of a triangle		2005-04-07
		From Maria: Q3)find the coordinates of the centroid of triangle ABC i want your help here to solve the 3rd question i got stuck. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle question		2005-02-26
		From John: H=10' 7and3/4",angleX=30 degrees solve for the adjacent side Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2005-01-21
		From Amy: In tirangle ABC, AB=6, BC=9, BC is the angle bisector of angle ABC and M is the midpoint of BD. If the area of ABC is 30, what is the area of ABM? The height comes out greater than the hypotenuse, but the teacher said that there's an answer for it. Can you show me how? Thanks Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Finding the missing side of a triangle		2005-01-20
		From Jason: I found a geometry problem that reads as follows:In triangle ABC, Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2005-01-03
		From Abraham: The question is,"Triangle ABC is not isosceles.Prove that if altitude BD were drawn, it would not bisect AC."My question is If an altitude is drawn wouldn\'t that mean automatically its isosceles because, In a triangle the sides opposite congruent angles(in this case the right angles)are congruent? What am I thinking wrong? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A geometry problem		2005-01-01
		From Alexandra: In triangle ABC, b=40, and angle A= 30 degres. What values of BC will give two solution for angle B? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2004-12-30
		From Perry: What is the area of a triangle with dimensions 3"X5"X7"? Could you provide the formula? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A Reuleaux triangle		2004-12-22
		From Bob: I am trying to remember the name given to the regular figure constructed from three arcs. The figure is like an equilateral triangle except with arcs for each side. Answered by Chri Fisher.
	A right triangle		2004-11-24
		From Bruce: In triangle ABC. Angle ABC is 90 degrees. Side AB measures 34. Side BC measures 31. What does side AC measure? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 30-60-90 triangle		2004-11-09
		From Amy: How do you find the length of the hypotenuse of a 30-60-90 triangle when the side opposite the 60 degree angle is 6 inches? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Solving triangles		2004-10-30
		From Allen: Solve the following triangles. Given 1. B = 20 Degrees, a = 25, b = 16 2. A = 35 Degrees, b = 2, c = 3 3. A = 32 Degrees, C = 44, c = 20 Answered by Harley Weston.
	The hypotenuse of a right triangle		2004-09-20
		From Shannon: I am trying to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with only the length of the opposite side. What is the formula as I don't have the length of the adjacent side? Can I compute it without knowing what the other two angles are? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Finding the height of a triangle		2004-09-14
		From A student: I have to calculate the height of a triangle. The base is 6 (units)say ab One of the top sides is 4 (units)say ca The other side is 2 (units) say cb I don't know the angles. How to find the height? Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Area of a triangle		2004-08-17
		From Barkie: I'm going into tenth grade and I have a triangle who's sides measure 3ft, 4ft, and 5ft. I need to find the area however I don't know the height, or how to get it. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Constructing a triangle		2004-08-08
		From KV: HOW TO CONSTRUCT A TRIANGLE ABC, WHEN ITS ALTITUDES AD,BE,CF ARE GIVEN Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The law of sines		2004-08-01
		From Joy: How do you solve this? Do you solve this triangle using the law of sines of the law of cosines? (ASA) A=120DEG. B=40DEG c=35 cm I keep getting different answers. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Water in a cone		2004-07-28
		From A student: A vertically inverted cone( i.e. vertex down) has a radius 7 inches and height 24 inches. Water is filled to one third of its height .Find the ht of water when cone is turned upside down Answered by Penny Nom.
	The third side of a triangle		2004-07-28
		From Annette: How do you find the length of a triangle side if you know two sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The base of a triangle		2004-05-25
		From Ralph: With a 30 degree angle at the top of a triangle and a height of 15 what is the base? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a triangle		2004-05-21
		From A student: In a triangle i have the length of a line and it's opposite angle.how can i calculate perimeter?(the angles are not right) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of a triangle		2004-04-27
		From Danielle: what is the definition of height of a triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A Fibonacci triangle		2004-04-25
		From Marcelle: Is it possible to construct a triangle with sides that are three consecutive Fibonacci numbers? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	The sum of angles in a triangle		2004-04-06
		From A student: How can u prove sum of angles in a triangle equal to 180 degrees? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Maximizing the area		2004-03-27
		From Petey: Please could you tell me why for my coursework (where I have to find the largest area that a fence 1000m long can cover) why I should only test equilateral and isoceles triangles? We were told NOT to do right angled triangles but I was wondering why not? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A geometry problem		2004-03-04
		From Jennifer: I need help with this problem: Square ABCD has side length 2. A semicircle with diameter AB is constructed inside the square, and the tangent to the semicircle from C intersects side AD at E. What is the exact length of CE?o Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Napoleon's theorem		2004-02-27
		From David: How do i prove this : For any triangle, if you make 3 equillateral triangles using the sides of the the original triangle, the central points of the 3 tringles another triangle that is equillateral.z Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	The area of a triangle		2003-12-01
		From A student: Find the Area of Triangle ABC A(-3,2) B(4,0) C(0,8) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area of an equilateral triangle		2003-11-25
		From Jared: Can you help me understand why the area of a equilateral triangle is the square root of 3 divided by 4 times the lenght of the side squared? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Points inside a triangle		2003-10-10
		From Laura: is there a way to establish, if a given point at coordinates (x,y) is within an area defined by three other sets of coordinates forming a triangle ABC? is T(x,y) within triangle A(x,y)B(x,y)C(x,y) Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Two chords		2003-10-07
		From Lori: Chords AB and CD of circle O intersect at E. If AE=4, AB=5, CE=2, Find ED. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Water in a cone		2003-08-12
		From Adrienne: Water is poured into a tank in the shape of an inverted right circular cone.ð The height of the tank is 8 m and its radius at the top is 4 m. a. Draw and label a picture to represent this situation.ð (I know how to do this) b. Identify all variable quantities. (h = 8m, r = 4m) c. Find an equation that relates the variable quantities, and reduce the number of variable quantities to two. I was thinking about the equation V = 1/3 pi r2 h, which is the Volume of a cone, but I am stumped as to how I am supposed to "reduce the number of variable quantities to two." Can you point me in the right direction? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle in the complex plane		2003-07-10
		From Scott: The vertices O and A of an EQUILATERAL triangle OAB in the complex plane are located at the origin and 3 + 3i. Find all possible values for the complex number representing the vertex B. Give the location of B in both polar and cartesian form (to 2.d.p) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an equilateral triangle		2003-04-06
		From Rosa: If Each side of an equilateral triangle is 10 m. What is the height? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle and a circle		2003-03-21
		From Jynks: We need a formula that we can use to figure this out for work. We aren't math wiz's or students. Basically we know 3 points in space of a triangle, we know the length of each side and the length of the line from apex to base line. Each point of the base line ends upon the circumference of a circle. IS three a way to work out the radius of that circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An equilateral triangle		2003-03-17
		From Shirley: An equilateral triangle is one in which all three sides are of equal length. If two vertices of an equilateral triangle are (0,4) and (0,0), find the third vertex. How many of these triangles are possible? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The area of an isoceles triangle		2003-02-07
		From A student: I have to find the area of an isoceles triangle with one angle side of 30 degrees, and length of base 5. Could you please help me solve this problem? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangle perimeter		2003-01-30
		From An Aunt: Hi I'm the aunt of a middle school child. He need help with two problems and I don't understand how to show he how to do them. Can you help me. How do you find the perimeter for X=4, X=0.7, and X=5/6? And an acute triangle that bottom is (3X+1) cm, left side is (X+4) cm and the right is (2X+5)cm. Can you show me not only the answer but also the steps that you used. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Collinear Points		2003-01-13
		From Gary: Which of the 4 points are collinear when you construct the following concurrent lines or rays of a triangle? P(1), the point where the angle bisectors intersect. P(2), the point where the altitudes (or extensions) intersect (inside or outside of the triangle). P(3), the point where the medians intersect. P(4), the point where the perpendicular bisectors (or extensions) of the three sides of a triangle intersect. This is for my 9-12 high school class in geometry. My name is Gary Thanks for your help. Gary Answered by Harley Weston and Chris Fisher.
	Successive coefficients in Pascal's Triangle		2002-12-27
		From Quincy: There is a formula connecting any (k+1) successive coefficients in the nth row of the Pascal Triangle with a coefficient in the (n+k)th row. Find this formula Answered by Penny Nom and Walter Whiteley.
	The height of a triangle		2002-11-29
		From Dean: Could you please tell me the formular for me to calculate the height of a triangle. I have the angles and side lengths. I am trying to calculate the height of an isosceles triangle, does this make a difference from a normal triangle or is the formular the same. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2002-10-30
		From Stan: What two different base lengths can an isosceles triangle have with sides on both remaining at 13 inches? How do I show this? Answered by Paul Betts and Peny Nom.
	A Circle is evenly divided into six equal triangles		2002-09-16
		From Marilynn: A Circle is evenly divided into six equal triangles leaving an area between the outside of the circle and the one side of the triangle. This area is measured as 3.14. What is the length of the radius, one line on the triangle? Answered by Paul Betts.
	The area of a triangle		2002-09-07
		From Phill: How do you find the area of a equilateral and other triangles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Place six numbers around a triangle		2002-07-19
		From Monika: I need to place six numbers around a triangle, as such that one number is on each corner, and one number on each side making three numbers in one line, adding up to two hundred exactly. The number I have to use are, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. I have to use each one once, there for, each number cannot be repeated. Answered by Claude Tardif and Chris Fisher.
	An equilateral triangle		2002-06-11
		From Sarah: Hi. My name is Sarah. I'm a secondary student taking a Math 30C course by correspondence. The question has two parts. The first part is: Draw an equilateral triangle XYZ. Draw the altitude from X to YZ. Choose any point P inside the triangle or on the triangle. Draw perpendiculars from P to the sides of the triangle. The Second part is: Measure the altitude h and the 3 perpendiculars s, t, and u to the nearest mm. Repeat as many time as is necessary until you can state a generalization concerning h, s, t, and u. If you could help me, it would be greatly appreciated. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Successive coefficients in the nth row of Pascal's Triangle		2002-06-10
		From Tim: There is a formula connecting any (k+1) successive coefficients in the nth row of Pascal's Triangle with a coefficient in the (n+k)th row. find this formula. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Bob swam across a river		2002-05-22
		From Torri: Bob swam across a river 420 ft wide. A strong current carried him 580ft downstream as he swam. Find x, the distance bob actually swam. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find the angle measures		2002-05-18
		From Amanda: In triangle ABC; the measure of angle A is 20 degrees more than twice the angle B. The measure of angle C Is five times angle B. Find the angle measures. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Moving a triangle		2002-04-18
		From A student: find the verticles of a triangle after it is translated 2 units to the left and then is reflected across the graph of y=x+2. The original verticles of the triangle are (2,0), (3,2), and (6,2). Answered by Peny Nom.
	Area of a triangle		2002-04-07
		From Puzzled: What is the surface area of a triangle 13 ft x 13 ft x 18 ft? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two triangles		2002-04-03
		From Scott: Consider 2 triangles: Triangle PMB and Triangle PLA. Triangle PLA is contained within Triangle PMB. Side LA is parallel to Side MB. Point L is located on Side PM. Point A is located on Side PB. If the ratio PL:LM = 5, then what is PB:PA ?? Answered by harley Weston.
	Pascal's Triangle		2002-04-02
		From Brian: It's about (a+b)x. I remember there a triangle with numbers to remember for a faster solution. Can you please teach me? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle in a circle of radius 6		2002-03-26
		From Marko: In a circle of radius 6, a triangle PQR is drawn having QR = 8 and PQ = 10. Determine the length of PR Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The isosceles triangle of smallest area		2002-03-08
		From Lettie: can you find the isosceles triangle of smallest area that circumscribes a circle of radius of one? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	A right-angled triangle		2001-12-13
		From Pamela, Jeff, Kayleigh and Jacob: A right-angled triangle has one side that is 8 cm shorter that the hypotenuse. The other side is 1 cm shorter than the hypotenuse. Find the length of the sides. Answered by Penny nom.
	A clap of thunder		2001-11-15
		From Frustrated Mom: While getting a recipe for the Thanksgiving feast. The teacher was talking on the phone with a friend who lives four miles north of her. She saw a flash of lightning through the window: fifteen seconds later, she heard a clap of thunder. Ten seconds after that she heard the thunder over the phone. Where did the lightning strike in relation to the teacher's house. (There are two possible answers. Sound travels about 1/5 mile per second. Some people say it's not good to be on the phone in a thunderstorm). Answered by Claude Tardif and Penny Nom.
	Prove that the medians of triangle PQR meet in a central point G.		2001-11-11
		From Jessica: Use a scalene triancle with one point (0,b) on the y axis, another point (2c, 0) on the x-axis and the last point, (2a,0) on the x-axis. Prove that the medians of triangle PQR meet in a central point G. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle and triangle overlap		2001-11-09
		From Tara: A circle and triangle overlap as shown.the area of the circle is three times the area of the triangle.If the common region is removed,then the area of the rest of the circle would be 14 sq cm more than the area of the rest of the triangle.How many sq cm are in the area of the complete triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle and a triangle		2001-11-09
		From Tasha: I have a circle that has an equalateral triangle inscribed in it. The tip of the triangle (B) is at the center of the circle with the other corners (A & C) extending to the sides of the circle. I need to know the equation to find the linear length of AC. I also need to find the cordial length of the circle from point C to A. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Third side of Acute Triangle		2001-11-09
		From Don: I gave this problem to my children, 9th and 12th grade and they are not(me too!) sure of the answer. I am trying to determine the length of the third side of an acute triangle. I know two of the lengths but I do not know the angles. Is there a proper formula to use to find the length of the third side? Thank you. Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Where is the fourth point?		2001-10-24
		From Mike: Four points are placed at random on a piece of paper. Connect the three points of the triangle of the largest area. What is the possibility that the fourth point is in the triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A right angled triangle		2001-10-23
		From Carissa: How do you : Triangle ABC is right-angled at A. Calculate the length of the third side if b = 3 and c = 6, express the answer as a surd in its simplest form. Answered by Harley Weston.
	A circle and a triangle		2001-10-04
		From Christina: The points (3,4), (9.-2), and (-3,-2) define a circle and a triangle. find the areas of the circle and the triangle. Find the difference between their areas. Find the length of a side of a square with the same area as the triangle. Find the length of a side of a Square with the same are as the circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The triangle inequality		2001-09-27
		From A student: __ __ __ Prove that AX + XB = AB for any X on AB. Answered by Chris fisher.
	An acute scalene triangle		2001-09-24
		From Kim: Hi- I'm on a mission--I'm suppose to have a group of children write up a hypotheses about the altitudes and angle biscetors of the follwing 3 types of triangle--equilateral, isosceles and acute scalene triangle. Is there such a thing as a acute scalene triangle and why or why not. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Similar triangles		2001-09-08
		From Dave: I am standing on the bank of a river ( whose banks are parallel here) directly opposite a boathouse, B, on the opposite bank. I walk along the bank of the river past a signpost, S, until I reach a point C distant 60 metres from where I started walking. I then walk away from the bank, at right angles to the bank, until I reach a shady tree at D. Attached to teh tree is a sign stating that this spot is 45 metres from the signpost. C is 36 metres beyond S and B and S are in line from D. (a) How far did I walk away from the bank of the river?? (b) Calculate the width of the river? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An inequality involving triangles		2001-06-12
		From Sandra: The triangle inequality guarantees that the sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third. As a consequence, if x and y are legs of a right triangle, with x less than or equal to y, and z the hypotenuse, then x + y is greater than z, so x is greater than z - y. Under what circumstances will x is greater than 2(z - y) be true? Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Geometry problems involving triangles		2001-06-07
		From Sandi: Find the radius of the largest circle contained in a right triangle whose legs are 8 and 15 and hypotenuse is 17. If the right triangle has legs a and b and hypotenuse c, find an expression for the radius of the circle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles in a triangle		2001-05-11
		From Nikki: Find the measure, to the nearest degree, of each angle of a triangle with sides of the given lengths. 26, 35, 40 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangles and fractions		2001-04-27
		From Constance: My name is Constance and I am thirteen years old (I am a student). The question that I am queering about I don't understand why you do ONE HALF x the base x the width WHEN YOU WANT TO FIND the area of a triangle? My second question is if you multiply one half and 10 together why does it come out as 5? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Constructing an equilateral triangle		2001-04-14
		From Peggy: Please send directions to make an equilateral triangle in plane geometry. I want each student to draw two, cut them out, and place them together to form a Jewish Star. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How tall is the tree?		2001-03-02
		From Ronda: a tree's shadow is 42 ft. long. There is a stop sign that is right next to it and it is 18 ft. tall and it's shadow is 12 ft. long. How tall is the tree? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The hypotenuse of a right triangle		2001-01-22
		From Phillipe: How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A lampost and its shadow		2000-12-24
		From Laura: A lamppost line EC casts a shadow line AC. A 30 cm ruler line DB has been moved from A so that it's shadow falls just within the shadow of the lamppost. Suppose the length of the ruler's shadow is 42 cm. What is the slope of the imaginary line AE? Suppose the lamppost's shadow is 15 m. long. How tall is the lamppost? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Is this a right triangle?		2000-12-08
		From Alicia: How would you set-up and answer a problem like these one? Triangle ABC has vertices A(-2,2), B(1,-2), and C (1,2). Use slopes to determine if the triangle is a right triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Triangles and trigonometry		2000-11-30
		From Mose: If I have a right triangle, and I know the lengths of all three sides, is there a formula that will allow me to determine the measurements of the 2 non right angles? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Length of a shadow		2000-11-01
		From Jessy: A man who is six feet tall is walking away from a street light that is fifteen feet tall. How long is the man's shadow when he is ten feet away from the light? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The circumference of a circle		2000-07-30
		From Not a student: An equalateral triangle is enclosed in a circle. The three corners touch the edges of the circle. One side of the triangle is 12. What is the circumference of the circle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A semi-circle and a triangle		2000-07-28
		From Ben: A semi-circle and an isosceles triangle ABC have the same base AB and the same area. The equal angles in the triangle are BAC and CAB. I have to find the value of each of these angles. Answered by Harley Weston.
	A centroid problem		2000-06-02
		From Kerstin: An isoceles triangle has sides measuring 13 cm, 13 cm, and 10 cm. Find the distance from the centroid to the vertex of a base angle. Answered by Harley Weston.
	The pythagorean theorem		2000-05-19
		From Lauren Fitzgerald: how do you find the length of th hipotnuse( or however you spell that word). i understand you have to add the two sides. but when i do add i always end up with this way off answer. i donot understand at all. Answered by Paul Betts.
	Monica's geometry problem		2000-04-27
		From Monica: Given: ABCD is a square; AX is perpendicular to BY Prove: Angle 1 is congruent to Angle 3 Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The area of a triangle using calculus		2000-04-15
		From Todd Bowie: Hi, I am not a student but am reviewing calculus for an upcoming interview. I would like to know how to derive the area of a triangle using calculus. Thanks! Answered by Patrick Maidorn.
	Magic triangles		2000-04-11
		From Sandy: My tutoring student brought math homework today in the form of a "magic triangle". There are three spaces along each side for missing numbers. The sums of the numbers along each of the 3 sides should be the same. Use the numbers 4 through 9. Don't use any number more than once. The sum of the numbers on each side should be 20. What is the logic behind solving a problem of this kind? Answered by Claude Tardif and Harley Weston.
	The side length ratios of some triangles		2000-04-04
		From Alexis Lockwood: I am doing a project for my Math 30B class regarding the side length ratios of 45-45-90 degree and 30-60-90 degree triangles. I would really appreciate any assistance in answering the following questions, or even direction to an appropriate web site or resource on the matter. Answered by Harley Weston.
	An equilateral triangle in a circle		2000-03-11
		From Michael Setlik: An equilateral triangle is drawn within a circle such that all three points of the triangle just touch the inside of the circle. Given the diameter of the cicle as six inches what is the length of the sides of the triangle? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Proportionality in a triangle		2000-03-01
		From Courtney Smith: I would appreciate assistance with the following problem In triangle ABC,segment MN divides sides(segment)AC and (segment)AB proportionally. If the coordinates are A(3,7),M(0,10) and N(8,22) and if AM:MC = 3:1, find the coordinates of B and C. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle and a circle		2000-02-23
		From wendy: If a triangle of base 6 has the same area as a circle of radius 6, what is the altitude of the triangle? I am having trouble with altitude. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Euclidean Math puzzle		2000-01-24
		From Margaret Matthews: (Check out this web-site: Simeon's Triangle Puzzle ) I have tried to figure out how this could be, because everything I know about it tells me it can't be. However, I can't seem to make it NOT work. Two right angle triangles. They are each cut up into four identical pieces. In the first, all the pieces fit together so that there are NO empty spaces; in the second, presumed to be identical in size to the first, the pieces are slightly rearranged, and now, there IS a space in the triangle. Answered by Patrick Maidorn and Claude Tardif.
	Multinomial coefficients		1999-12-03
		From Suraj Das: Is there a formula for the expansion of (a+b+c) to the nth power? Does it have to do with Pascal's triangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area of a quadrilateral		1999-11-19
		From Zane Cram: I need the formula to calculate the area of an irregular sided rectangle. Each side has a different measurement or length. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Transforming a triangle		1999-11-02
		From Wilder Maldonado: The height, H, of a triangle is increased by a lenth M, How much must be subtracted from the corresponding base,b, so that the area of the new triangle is one-half that of the original triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Isosceles triangles		1999-10-12
		From Amber: In defining the types of triangles, our class was stumped by a question asked by one of the student. Maybe you could help. The definition of an equilateral triangle is a triangle with three congruent sides. The definiton of an isosceles triangle is a triangle with at LEAST two congruent sides. The question is, if an isosceles triangle only requires at Least two of the sides to be congruent, could an equilateral triangle be called an isosceles triangle? Answered by Penny Nom, Walter Whiteley and Chris Fisher.
	Two 12-sided polygons		1999-09-25
		From Kelly Boulton: Two 12-sided polygons are similar. A side of the larger polygon is 3 times as long as the corresponding side of the smaller polygon. wHAT IS the ratio of the area of the larger polygon to the area of the smaller polygon. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Degrees and triangles		1999-09-09
		From Sandra Mills: Are there any triangles which are not 180 degrees? I am also in need of information on the history of degree measure for an angle. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	An equilateral triangle on a square		1999-04-26
		From Ed: My Grade 8 class and I were discussing the solution to the following problem: What is the area of the largest equilateral triangle that can be drawn on a 5 cm square. We used 5 cm as the base of our triangle and then drew the other two legs of 5 cm each to make the equilateral triangle. We then drew an altitude from the upper vertex to the base of the triangle. Using the law of Pythagoras with side a of 2.5 and side c of 5 we calculated side b to be 4.3 cm (the altitude). Therefore the area of the triangle would be 5 x 4.3 divided by 2 or 10.75 square cm. The answer key to this resource says I am wrong. What do you think? Have we interpreted the question incorrectly? Answered by Chris Fisher and Harley Weston.
	A ladder problem		1999-04-22
		From Michael Blade: There is a cube box 3feet x 3feet x 3ft resting against a vertical wall on level ground. Resting against the outside corner of the box is a ladder 10 feet tall, this ladder is of course resting on the ground but also against the outside corner of the box and rests on the wall. The question- the ladder is divided into two unequal section bounded by the box to the ground and the box to the wall. what are those dimensions? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area of a triangle from vertex coordinates		1999-04-21
		From Mark Tyler: I'm no schoolkid, but I liked your answers about triangles. You might enjoy a quick look at this, the kids may too. I was working on a Voronoi dual where I had to calculate the areas of very many triangles expressed as vertex coordinates, so I derived the following very direct formula: A = abs((x1-x2)*(y1-y3)-(y1-y2)*(x1-x3)) for triangle (x1,y1)(x2,y2)(x3,y3) I've never seen this in a textbook. Is it original? I doubt it, the proof is only a few lines long. Regardless, it may be fun for the kids, even if it's not on the curriculum. Answered by Walter Whitley.
	Universal Area		1999-04-08
		From Karen Richardson: I need a formula for area that works for a square, a rectangle, a parallelogram, a trapezoid, and a triangle. Answered by Jack LeSage, Chris Fisher and Harley Weston.
	The area of a triangle		1998-12-26
		From Elysia: How do you figure the square inches of a triangle? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Two sides and a bisectrix.		1998-11-11
		From Victor Grinshtein: I am looking for someone who can tell me how to construct a triangle by 2 sides and a bisectrix using a compass and a ruler. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Triangular Numbers		1998-10-30
		From Matt: i would like to know about triangular numbers and it history i would also like to know about the history of prime numbers thank you Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Concurrent Lines in a Triangle		1998-08-10
		From Chris Woolf: The question is Name four types of concurrent lines, rays, or segments that are associated with triangles. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Area of a Triangle.		1998-03-05
		From Amanda: How do you figure out the area of a triangle? You already have the perimeter and height Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees		1998-02-19
		From Quin Liu: How do you prove that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees? Is there a proof? what is it? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Area of a triangle.		1998-02-01
		From Jodi Blucher: Is there a formula for the area of an equilateral triangle knowing the length of the sides? Answered by Chris Fisher and Harley Weston.
	Pythagorean Triples.		1997-12-04
		From Shameq Sayeed: I've got a couple of problems which I hope you'll be able to solve for me. I'm investigating pythagorean triples, and I have found a trend for the triples themselves, and thus have been able to form a general equation, i.e. a=2x+1, b=2x^2+2x, and c=b+1. Now, I sure this equation works, because I've tried it out and have come up with triples that adhere to a^2 + b^2 = c^2. But I was wondering WHY c=b+1. Is it possible to have c=b+2, and if not why not? THAT is the first problem. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Shimin's Geometry Problem		1997-12-02
		From Ong Shimin: ABCD is a rectangle. X and Y are the midpoints of BC and CD respectively. W is a point on AB such that AW : WB = 2 : 1. Z is a point on AD such that AZ : ZD = 2 : 1. WY intersects XZ at O. If the area of triangle WOZ is 84 centimeters squared, find the area of triangle XOY. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	A Geometry Problem		1997-09-18
		From Rebecca Henry: A circle is centered at the vertex of the right angle of an isosceles triangle. The cirlce passes through both trisection points of the hypotenuse of the triangle. If the length of a radius of the circle is 10, find the area of the triangle.  Answered by Chris Fisher Harley Weston.
	The Area of a Trapezoid.		1997-05-07
		From Mary George: I am doing the area of trapezoids and mixed polygons and I was wondering if you can help me figure out this problem. A line segment drawn parallel to a leg of a right triangle divides the other leg into segments of 3cm and 6 cm and the hypotenuse into segments of 5cm and 10 cm. The two figures formed are a triangle and a trapezoid. Find the area of each. I would appreciate if you would email me back the solution. Answered by Harley Weston.
	A Geometry Problem		1997-04-09
		From Gina M. Pisco and Rebecca Henry: Three segments of 3, 4, and 5 inches long, one from each vertex of an equilateral triangle, meet at an interior point P. How long is the side of the triangle? Answered by Richard McIntosh.
	Names of the Polygons		1997-03-04
		From Manuel: What do you call a 13 sided polygon? Is there a list of the different names? Answered by Walter Whiteley and Harley Weston.
	Triangles, The Pythagorean Theorem and Pizzas.		1997-02-23
		From Sherryle Mathis: I am a graduating senior presently teaching geometry as part of my student teaching. I will do my CUP on Right Triangles and Pythagorean theorem. I am looking for a fun activity as part of my unit plan. Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	A triangle problem		1996-12-19
		From S. Johnson: Given that Triangle ABC is a right triangle and Circle O is inscribed in it find the radius of Circle O, totally in terms of a, b, and c. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Area=Perimeter		1996-04-02
		From Jason Pelowski: When will the area and the perimeter of a right triangle be numerically equal? Answered by Penny Nom and Maxine Stinka.
	Pascal's Triangle		1996-02-19
		From Richard: Do you know of any resources that might help us make use of the numeric relationships in Pascal's triangle on a fairly simple basis? Answered by Denis Hanson.
	un triangle		2011-11-07
		From Haelita: La corde élastique a une longueur de 60cm au repos . Quelle est la nouvelle longueur de la corde si on l'écarte de 11 cm en la tirant par son milieu ? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Un triangle isocèle		2009-10-08
		From lauwick: ABC un triangle isocèle en A de périmètre 16 cm. De plus son aire est égale au quart de l'aire du carré construit sur sa base bc. Quelles sont les longueurs des cotés de ce trangle? Merci Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Probleme de trigonométrie		2008-12-06
		From Maryne: On donne AB=15cm, AC=30,5cm et A=35°. Calcule BC à 0;01cm près. Calcule B et C à 0,01° près. Calcule l'aire du triangle à 0,01cm² près. Sachant que le triangle n'est pas rectangle. Merci Answered by Pierre-Louis Gagnon.
	Maximiser l'aire d'un triangle isocèle		2006-10-31
		From Flav: ABC est un triangle isocèle en A tel que AB= 1 pour quelles valeurs de BC, l'aire de ce triangle est-elle maximale? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	problème de trigonométrie		2005-11-01
		From Manon: Soit un triangle ABC, de cotes a , b et c, avec A=45° et B=60°. Apres avoir demontre que 3a²-2b²=0 (que jai fais en utilisant la regle du sinus) et a²-2c²+2ac=0 (que jai fait en utilisant la regle du cosinus), vous montrerez que laire du triangle ABC peut sexprimer: { [ 3 + racine carre 3 ] / 12 } b² unites. Je ne sais pas comment arriver a cette expression de laire. Je narrive pas a exprimer c² et ac en fonction de b².. et je pense que ca pourrait vraiment aider.. puisque je suis arrive a letape: ac[(racine carre 3) / 4] avec ac = a² + c² - b² et a² = 2/3 b² ms c²= 1/3 b² + ac Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Un triangle équilatéral		2002-10-27
		From Un eleve: Soit ABC un triangle équilatéral construit dans le sens direct. Le point D est symétrique de A par rapport à la droite (BC), et le point E est symétrique de B par rapport au point C. L'intersection des droites (AD) et (BC)est notée H. On pose AB=a. Je dois calculer les longueurs AD et AE en fonction de a. Je dois montrer que le triangle ADE est équilatéral. J'arrive a prouver qu'il est isocèle en E mais j'aimerai trouver que AD=DE. Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Un polyedre ayant comme face 20 triangles		2000-08-02
		From Sonia: J'aimerai savoir comment s'appelle un polyedre ayant comme face 20 triangles équilatéraux égaux. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	La longueur des segments formant un triangle		1999-10-05
		From Michel Provencher: Connaissant la longueur des segments formant un triangle,comment détermine-t-on chacun de ses angles si: il S'agit d'un triangle rectangle Sachant que la somme des angles d'un triangle est de 180 degrés et sachant par conséquant qu'un des angle est de 90 degrés (triangle rectangle) il reste donc, 90 degrés à partager entre les 2 angles restant. Si les 2 segments formant l'angle droit sont de même longueur on obtient un angle de 45 degrés pour les angles restant soit 1/2 angle droit ce qui ne me pose évidement aucun problème. Quel relation, S'il y en a une, y a t-il entre la longueur de ces 2 segments et les angles restants. il S'agit d'un triangle quelconque Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Maths		1999-01-11
		From Stephane Roissard: Soit ABC un triangle dans lequel les trois médianes sont de meme longueur. Montrer que ce triangle est quilatéral. Answered by Jack LeSage.
	Question de trigonométrie		1997-12-11
		From Jean-Pierre Quesnel: Je suis dans le désert et je parcours 1000 km à partir du point "A" jusqu'au point "B". Si je reviens au point "A" et fais une rotation de 8 degrés en faisant un autre 1000 km, quelle sera la distance en km entre les points "B" et "C". Answered by Diane Hanson et Penny Nom.

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