(2022-07-08, 14:40)N. W. Perry Wrote: What did you enter into GeoGebra to find this? I sketched it there myself, but I don't know how to enter all of the constraints I need. (Dimensions are different in my sketch because I was dealing with different parts, but the problem is the same.)
Basically I made a function that shall solve to 0 at the given angle
so given that:
angle ABC = angle CDE
BC+CD = 26
I took:
tan(ABC)= BC/36
BC=36*tan(ABC)
and then
CD= 8*cos(ABC)
26 - 36*tan(ABC) = 8* cos(ABC)
so I made a graph for
f(ABC) = 26 - 36*tan(ABC) - 8* cos(ABC)
then the term get 0 we have a solution