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    Problem Statement Given the figure above, if AE=20 and EB=10, would DE+EC be the same length? Process I used the Pythagorean Theorem, to calculate length of DE and EC, and then added them together. I also did find out how someone could confuse the sum length of DE+EC in figure 1 and figure 2 to be the same total length.

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    Problem Statement Given the figure above, if AE=20 and EB=10, would DE+EC be the same length? Process I used the Pythagorean Theorem, to calculate length of DE and EC, and then added them together. I also did find out how someone could confuse the sum length of DE+EC in figure 1 and figure 2 to be the same total length.

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    Problem Statement Given the figure above, if AE=20 and EB=10, would DE+EC be the same length? Process I used the Pythagorean Theorem, to calculate length of DE and EC, and then added them together. I also did find out how someone could confuse the sum length of DE+EC in figure 1 and figure 2 to be the same total length.

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    TristenGamboa

    Math2
    Ms.VeeNguyen
    Period1
    November20,2014

    GeometryandDistances#9WriteUp

    *IjustassumedthatangleDAEandangleCBEare90degreeangles,howeverthereisno
    wayofprovingitfromtheproblem.*

    ProblemStatement
    Giventhefigureabove,ifAE=20andEB=10,wouldDE+ECbethesamelength?

    Process

    IusedthePythagoreanTheorem,tocalculatelengthofDEandEC,andthenadded
    themtogether.
    PythagoreanTheorem: C 2 = a2 + b2 or C 2 = C = x + y

    a = x = asidelength (onelegofthetriangle)
    b = y = anothersidelength (theoppositelegofthetriangle)
    C = thelengthofthehypotenuse

    ThenIpluggedinthesidelengthsoftherighttrianglesintothePythagoreanTheorem
    tofindthelengthofeachoneshypotenuseandthenaddedthemtogether.

    1. Figure1

    152 + 102 =225 + 100 =325 18.03 = DE


    b. 102 + 202 = 100 + 400 = 500 22.36 = EC
    a.

    c. DE + EC 18.03 + 22.36 = 40.39


    2. Figure2

    152 + 202 = 225 + 400 = 625 = 25 = DE


    b. 102 + 102 = 100 + 100 = 200 14.14 = EC
    a.

    c. DE + EC 25 + 14.14 = 39.14
    3. ComparingFigure1and2
    a. 40.39 39.14 or 40.39 =/ 39.14

    IalsodidfindouthowsomeonecouldconfusethesumlengthofDE+ECinfigure1
    andfigure2tobethesametotallength.Idiscoveredthisbyincorrectlyusingthe
    distanceformula,whichderivesfromthePythagoreanTheorem.
    DistanceFormula: C =

    (x x ) + (y y ) where x and y areusuallypoints


    2

    onacoordinateplane.Itcanalsobewrittenas C = x + y
    Where:
    x2 x1 = x = asidelength (onelegofthetriangle)

    y2 y1 = y = anothersidelength (theoppositelegofthetriangle)
    C = thelengthofthehypotenuse

    HereIusedthePythagoreanTheoremtofindeachtriangle'shypotenuselength.I
    keptthedistanceinradicalformallthewayuntiltheveryend,andthatishowI
    messedup.WhenyouusethePythagoreanTheoremtofinddistances,youhaveto

    squarerootthesumoftwosidelengthssquaredinstandardformandthenaddthe
    sumofthetwodifferenthypotenuses.Inthiswrongwaytodoit,Iinsteadaddedthe
    sumoftheofthetwosidelengthssquaredinstandardformandaddedthattothe
    otherhypotenusebeforebringingtheradicalbacktostandardform.Thisiswhat
    wouldvetrickedmeintothinkingthatthesumofDE+ECinfigure1and2arethe
    sameequaltotallength.

    Solution
    40.39 39.14 or 40.39 =/ 39.14
    Ifyouweretochangethesidelengthsfigure1,sothatAE=20andBE=10,thetotal
    lengthofDECinfigure1wouldnotbeequaltoDECinfigure2.
    ThesumofDE+ECinfigure1
    isnotanequal
    distancetothesumofDE+ECinfigure
    2(shownbelow).

    Evaluation
    Iactuallyenjoyedsolvingthisproblem,becauseitreinforcedmyknowledgeofusing
    thePythagoreanTheoremandrefreshedmymemoryonhowthedistanceformulais
    derivedfromit.
    Iusedtoalwaysgettrippeduponwhentoaddthesquarerootsorradicals,andifI
    shoulddothatoperationwithanindividualvariableorthesumofthetwosides
    (variables).
    Thissimpleproblemallowedmetobreakdownandanalyzewhythistheoremworks.
    Ialsojustrealizedthatthissolutioncanbeentirelywrong,asthereisnowayof
    provingthatDAEandCBEare90degreeangles.
    Thisproblemalsohelpedmearticulatehowtousethedistanceformula,asIcould
    normallydemonstrateitinmywork,butneverexplainitinjustwords.
    ImcurioustoseehowtofindtheangleofDECusingwhatIknowfromthisproblem
    andtheTrigratioswearecurrentlylearning.

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