Question Number 131665 by naka3546 last updated on 07/Feb/21
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Answered by mr W last updated on 07/Feb/21
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Commented by mr W last updated on 07/Feb/21
![((20^2 +22^2 −((√2)s)^2 )/(2×20×22))=((30^2 +26^2 −(2a)^2 )/(2×30×26)) ⇒((442−s^2 )/(22))=((788−2a^2 )/(39)) ...(i) cos α=((a^2 +s^2 −10^2 )/(2as)) cos β=((a^2 +s^2 −4^2 )/(2as))=sin α (((a^2 +s^2 −100)/(2as)))^2 +(((a^2 +s^2 −16)/(2as)))^2 =1 (a^2 +s^2 −100)^2 +(a^2 +s^2 −16)^2 =4a^2 s^2 a^4 +s^4 −116(a^2 +s^2 )+5128=0 ...(ii) from (i): a^2 =((39(s^2 −442))/(44))+394=((39s^2 )/(44))+((49)/(22)) put this into (ii): (((39s^2 )/(44))+((49)/(22)))^2 +s^4 −116(((39s^2 )/(44))+((49)/(22))+s^2 )+5128=0 ((3457)/4)s^4 −103997s^2 +2359305=0 S=s^2 =2(((103997±51568)/(3457)))=90 or 30((1148)/(3457))](https://www.tinkutara.com/question/Q131700.png)
$$\frac{\mathrm{20}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{22}^{\mathrm{2}} −\left(\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}{s}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{20}×\mathrm{22}}=\frac{\mathrm{30}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{26}^{\mathrm{2}} −\left(\mathrm{2}{a}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}×\mathrm{30}×\mathrm{26}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\frac{\mathrm{442}−{s}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{22}}=\frac{\mathrm{788}−\mathrm{2}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{39}}\:\:\:…\left({i}\right) \\ $$$$\mathrm{cos}\:\alpha=\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{10}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{as}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{cos}\:\beta=\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{2}{as}}=\mathrm{sin}\:\alpha \\ $$$$\left(\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{100}}{\mathrm{2}{as}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{16}}{\mathrm{2}{as}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\left({a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{100}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\left({a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{16}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{4}{a}^{\mathrm{2}} {s}^{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${a}^{\mathrm{4}} +{s}^{\mathrm{4}} −\mathrm{116}\left({a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)+\mathrm{5128}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:…\left({ii}\right) \\ $$$${from}\:\left({i}\right): \\ $$$${a}^{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{\mathrm{39}\left({s}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{442}\right)}{\mathrm{44}}+\mathrm{394}=\frac{\mathrm{39}{s}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{44}}+\frac{\mathrm{49}}{\mathrm{22}} \\ $$$${put}\:{this}\:{into}\:\left({ii}\right): \\ $$$$\left(\frac{\mathrm{39}{s}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{44}}+\frac{\mathrm{49}}{\mathrm{22}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +{s}^{\mathrm{4}} −\mathrm{116}\left(\frac{\mathrm{39}{s}^{\mathrm{2}} }{\mathrm{44}}+\frac{\mathrm{49}}{\mathrm{22}}+{s}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)+\mathrm{5128}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{3457}}{\mathrm{4}}{s}^{\mathrm{4}} −\mathrm{103997}{s}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2359305}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${S}={s}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{2}\left(\frac{\mathrm{103997}\pm\mathrm{51568}}{\mathrm{3457}}\right)=\mathrm{90}\:{or}\:\mathrm{30}\frac{\mathrm{1148}}{\mathrm{3457}} \\ $$