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What is the area of the triangular floor space enclosed by the glass tetrahedron? Round to the nearest tenth of a square foot. Enter only the number.
( Hint : Look at the green triangle to find the base, b , of each green triangle. Because b is also the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed by dividing the base triangle into half, you can use this and Heron’s formula for the area of the triangle.)
Height 105 ft
Angle of depression is 21.9
Side lengths are 167
Base is 260
what does "base 260" mean in all this?
Maybe a fuller description of the tetrahedron's sides, and what the green triangle involves.
angle of depression from what to where?
To find the area of the triangular floor space enclosed by the glass tetrahedron, we can use the information given: height, angle of depression, side lengths, and base.
1. Start by finding the length of the base of each green triangle (b). From the given information, we know that the base is 260 ft.
2. Next, we need to find the height of each green triangle. The height can be calculated using the sine of the angle of depression. The formula is: height = distance * sin(angle).
In this case, the distance is the side length of the tetrahedron (167 ft) and the angle of depression is given as 21.9 degrees. Convert the angle to radians for the calculation.
height = 167 * sin(21.9 degrees) = 167 * sin(0.3827 radians) ≈ 167 * 0.3774 ≈ 63 ft (rounded to the nearest whole number).
3. Now, we have the base and height of each green triangle. We can use Heron's formula to calculate the area of each triangle.
Heron's formula for the area of a triangle with sides a, b, and c is given as:
area = sqrt(s * (s - a) * (s - b) * (s - c)), where s is the semi-perimeter of the triangle.
The semi-perimeter can be calculated as:
s = (a + b + c) / 2.
In this case, the sides of the triangle are 260 ft, 167 ft, and 167 ft.
First, calculate the semi-perimeter:
s = (260 + 167 + 167) / 2 = 594 / 2 = 297 ft.
Now, calculate the area of the triangle:
area = sqrt(297 * (297 - 260) * (297 - 167) * (297 - 167)) ≈ sqrt(297 * 37 * 130 * 130) ≈ sqrt(858,366,600) ≈ 29,300 ft^2 (rounded to the nearest whole number).
4. Finally, the area of the triangular floor space is the sum of the areas of all three green triangles. Since there are three triangles, multiply the area of one triangle by 3:
Total area = 29,300 ft^2 * 3 ≈ 87,900 ft^2 (rounded to the nearest whole number).
So, the area of the triangular floor space enclosed by the glass tetrahedron is approximately 87,900 square feet.