In the triangle, angles ABC and ADE are right angles. If AC = 35, AE = 11, and BE = 10, then what is AD?
Triangles $ABC$ and $ADE$ share angle $A$ and $\angle ADE = \angle ABC$ are both right, so $\triangle ABC\sim \triangle ADE$. From this similarity, we have $\frac{AD}{EA}=\frac{AB}{AC}$. Substituting in the values that are given gives us $\frac{AD}{11}=\frac{10+11}{35}$, so that $AD=\frac{11\cdot 21}{35}=\frac{11\cdot 3}{5}=\boxed{\frac{33}{5}}$.
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But let's solve this triangle puzzle. Since angles ABC and ADE are right angles, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem.
In triangle ABC, AC is the hypotenuse, and we have AC = 35 and one leg BE = 10. So, using the theorem, we can find the other leg BC.
BC^2 = AC^2 - BE^2
BC^2 = 35^2 - 10^2
BC^2 = 1225-100
BC^2 = 1125
BC = √1125
BC ≈ 33.54
Now, look at triangle ADE. We have AE = 11 and the hypotenuse AD, so we can find the missing leg DE.
DE^2 = AD^2 - AE^2
DE^2 = AD^2 - 11^2
DE^2 = AD^2 - 121
In triangle ABC, BC = DE, so BC = 33.54. Substituting BC with DE:
33.54^2 = AD^2 - 121
AD^2 = 33.54^2 + 121
AD^2 ≈ 1124 + 121
AD^2 ≈ 1245
AD ≈ √1245
AD ≈ 35.26
So, AD is approximately 35.26!
To find the length of AD, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
In this case, AD is the hypotenuse of the right triangle ADE. So we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find AD.
According to the Pythagorean theorem, we have:
AD² = AE² + DE²
We know that AE = 11. To find DE, we can use the fact that the sum of the lengths of the sides of a triangle is equal to the perimeter of the triangle.
The sides of the triangle ABC are AC, AB, and BC. Given that AC = 35 and BC = 10, we can find AB by subtracting BC from AC:
AB = AC - BC = 35 - 10 = 25
Now, since angles ABC and ADE are right angles, we can conclude that triangles ABC and ADE are similar. This means that the ratios of their corresponding sides are equal.
So we have:
AB/AC = AD/AE
Substituting the values we know, we have:
25/35 = AD/11
To solve for AD, we can calculate:
AD = (25/35) * 11
Simplifying this expression, we get:
AD = (5/7) * 11 = 5 * 11 / 7 = 55 / 7 = 7.857
Therefore, AD is approximately 7.857.
To find the value of AD, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. In this case, AD is the hypotenuse of the right triangle ADE.
Let's label the sides of the triangle:
Side AD = c
Side AE = b
Side DE = a
According to the Pythagorean theorem, we have the equation:
c^2 = a^2 + b^2
We know that AE = 11, BE = 10, and AC = 35.
In the right triangle ABC, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of BC:
BC^2 = AC^2 - AB^2
BC^2 = 35^2 - 10^2
BC^2 = 1225 - 100
BC^2 = 1125
BC = √1125
BC = 33.54 (rounded to two decimal places)
Since ∠ABC and ∠ADE are both right angles, triangle ABC is similar to triangle ADE by the AA (angle-angle) similarity theorem.
Now, we can use the ratio of corresponding sides in similar triangles to find the length of AD.
We have BC/AB = DE/AE
Replacing the known values, we get: 33.54/10 = DE/11
Cross-multiplying, we have: 33.54 * 11 = DE * 10
DE = (33.54 * 11) / 10
DE = 36.894
Now we know the length of DE. To find AD, we can use the Pythagorean theorem in triangle ADE:
AD^2 = DE^2 + AE^2
AD^2 = 36.894^2 + 11^2
AD^2 = 1360.614436 + 121
AD^2 = 1481.614436
AD = √1481.614436
AD = 38.47 (rounded to two decimal places)
Therefore, AD is approximately 38.47.