Question

How to find the values of x and y

Answer 1

george has 4.8m of timber he wishes to make the steps. He needs 5 steps to rise to a total height of 1.2mfrom the ground. he uses all the wood to constuct the steps , including supports (represented by the blue lines in the diagram)

Answer 2

the lines represented by y are not blue lines

Answer 3

@iambatman could you please help me on this one?

Answer 4

i tried to use pythagorean theorem

Answer 5

Can you take a screenshot and post the original diagram if possible

Answer 6

yes i can

Answer 7

@ganeshie8

Answer 8

use pythagorean theorem to the bigger triangle and find y
and then using pythagorean theorem again for a small triangle and find x

Answer 9

i tried to do that but i got a different answer

Answer 10

4.8^2 + 1.2^2= (5y)^2

Answer 11

is that how you find y?

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

and how do you find x?

Answer 14

I got y=0.98something

Answer 15

y^2-0.24^2= x^2

Answer 16

you dont divide 0.98 by 5?

Answer 17

I already did that

Answer 18

x=0.24m

y=0.32m

Answer 19

these are the answers in the textbook

Answer 20

oh I see, the length is not 4.8

Answer 21

so to find the length
l= 4.8-1.2= 3.6

Answer 22

ok

Answer 23

sorry dude, I don't get the answers u mentioned

Answer 24

there is a photo i have attached

Answer 25

lets try this once again

Answer 26

if im not mistaken
4.8= 10x + 2.4

Answer 27

because it says that he used all his wood to construct all the blue lines

Answer 28

where did you come up with this equation?

Answer 29

take the perimeter of the whole picture

Answer 30

ok

Answer 31

that perimeter is equal to 4.8

Answer 32

solving this equation will give you x=0.24

Answer 33

we should get below system right @d3v13
5x+5y+5x+1.2*2 = 4.8
x^2 + 0.24^2 = y^2

Answer 34

I'm sorry I misread the whole question earlier

Answer 35

yes ganeshie is right

Answer 36

thank you both @d3v13 @ganeshie8 for your help

Answer 37

this was a bit confusing earlier w/o the attachment lol

Answer 38

im going to give you @d3v13 a medal could you please give @ganeshie8 one. i would really appreciate it if you did

Answer 39

sure thing