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Diessence

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Registered: 2009-09-07

Posts: 2

Trig Angle Problem

If anyone can help me solve this problem it would be greatly appreciated. I have been looking at it all day and cant for the life of me work out how to do it (it may not even be possible with only the variables I have)

I am trying to calcuate the angle 'Y'. I have labeled everything that I know. One thing that may not be clear is that lines D and E are NOT parallel.

Feel free to make any new shapes, distances, angles (by using the given variables) that you feel may be necessary to find an answer for angle Y.

I am pretty sure the answer is going to be pretty complicated. Feel free to ask any questions to anything that may not be clear.

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Trig Angle Problem

Hi Diessence;

To tell you the truth except for the 5 right angles you haven't given any info to solve the problem. Are any line segments equal are any angles? Any lines parallel? Are there any relationships at all?
I need more info.

Last edited by bobbym (2009-09-07 12:17:36)

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Diessence

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Registered: 2009-09-07

Posts: 2

Re: Trig Angle Problem

Sorry.. I forgot to show the angle I wanted calculated.  Everything that is labeled is what I know (except for angle Y) and they will all have different values.  There are no parallel lines either (except for the ones that make up the square in the middle)