Triangle $ABC$ with $AB = 10$ cm ¸and $\angle C= 15^o$, is right at $B$. Point $D \in (AC)$ is the foot of the altitude taken from $B$. Find the distance from point $D$ to the line $AB$.
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HamstPan38825
25.03.2021 17:56
Who said you can't trigbash? It just equals $10\sin(75^{\circ})=\frac{5\sqrt 2 + 5\sqrt 6}2$.
eduD_looC
25.03.2021 18:00
Title says "computational in 90-75-15", so I'm pretty sure they intended a trigonometry solution.
OlympusHero
27.03.2021 01:57
Note that we must have $\triangle ABD \sim \triangle ABC$. Therefore, $\angle ABD = 15^\circ$. Now let the foot of the altitude from $D$ to $AB$ be $E$. We have $AD=10 \sin {15^\circ}$ and $BD = 10 \sin {75^\circ}$, so $ED=\boxed{10 \sin {15^\circ} \sin {75^\circ}}$.
HamstPan38825
27.03.2021 02:36
OlympusHero · 39 minutes ago (view)helo
SolutionNote that we must have $\triangle ABD \sim \triangle ABC$. Therefore, $\angle ABD = 15^\circ$. Now let the foot of the altitude from $D$ to $AB$ be $E$. We have $AD=10 \sin {15^\circ}$ and $BD = 10 \sin {75^\circ}$, so $ED=\boxed{10 \sin {15^\circ} \sin {75^\circ}}$.
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oops how i misread this so badly, that's correct.