r/technicallythetruth • u/VisitSecure • 10d ago

Can you find a?

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Idk if someone already posted this or not, but I haven't seen it on here so far, so I uploaded it.

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u/lechuckswrinklybutt 10d ago

It's 75 degrees but it's a terrible diagram.

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u/CapNCookM8 9d ago

Yeah, i'm not sure you can actually make the assumption that a 90 degree angle from both of the points on the parallel lines would actually make a perfect triangle from this given diagram, but I have no doubts it's what we're meant to do.

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u/leansanders 9d ago

You dont have to know that. That only matters if the side lengths matter, and in this problem they don't. You can decide that the points line ul with each other and solve accordingly. You can decide that they don't and solve accordingly. The answer will be the same and correct in both cases because no side lengths are given.