Question

Roof trusses are triangular structures that provide support to the roof of a house. The picture below shows a roof truss.



What is the length of the piece of wood required to make the side BC of the roof truss?

Answer 1

isosceles right triangle again, BC will be 10

Answer 2

if one of your choices is 10tan(45º), that is the answer

Answer 3

would 10cot(45) work?

Answer 4

tan(45)=1
cot(45)=1

Answer 5

so yes, it'll work

Answer 6

thanks

Answer 7

yw