A certain city block is in the form of a parallelogram. Two of its sides are each 42 m. long; the other two sides are each 22 m. in length. If the distance between the first pair of sides is 12 m., find the area of the land in the block, and the length of the diagonals.
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2021-01-04T20:07:27-0500
Refer to the figure ABCD parallelogram.
In triangle ABE,
sinα=2212 and, cosα=1−sin2α=2218.44
Now, In triangle ABD, applying cosine law,
cosα=2×22×42222+422−x2
Putting value of cosα, and solving for x diagonal BD, we get
x=222+422−(2×22×42×2218.44)=26.44m
Similarly for diagonal AC, θ=∠ADC=180−α
Applying cosine law again, we get
cos(π−α)=2×22×42222+422−y2
y=222+422+(2×22×42×2218.44)=61.62m
Area of the parallelogram is equal to the sum of the areas of the triangles ABD and BCD.
Area of parallelogram, A=21(AD)(BE)+21(BC)(BE)=21(12×42)+21(12×42)=504m2
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