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The diagonals of a parallelogram are 24 meters and 40 meters and intersect at an angle of 60º. find the length of the longer side.

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  • 23-11-2019

Answer:

The length of the longer side is 28 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

In a parallelogram,  the intersecting diagonals bisect each other;

The supplementary angle of 60° is 120°.

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Let

a ----> the length of the longer side

b ----> the length of the shorter side.

Apply the Law of Cosines to the lower triangle.

[tex]a^2 = 20^2 + 12^2 - 2(20)(12) cos(120\°)[/tex]

[tex]a^2 = 784[/tex]

[tex]a=28\ m[/tex]

therefore

The length of the longer side is 28 meters

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