Question

Not sure about this.

Answer 1

Mmmmmm so actually the 48 inches could go above the rest of the diagram as the base of the right triangle. But I'm not sure how to find the other two values. Should i use x as the other leg and x+ 3inches as the hypotenuse?

Answer 2

or reverse it so x+3 equals the other leg and x equals the hypotenuse.

Answer 3

idk this

Answer 4

well this is how I see it



find y using pythagoras' theorem

Answer 5

find a couple of angles



find angle 1 using trig

then find angle 2 which will be complementary.

find angle 4 by angle sum of a triangle, but remember the triangle is isosceles

so its 180 - 2* angle 2

when you have angle 4 then its just the law of sines to find x

\[\frac{y}{\sin(\angle4)} = \frac{x}{\sin(\angle2)}\]

hope this helps