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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 22 Feb 2006, 01:50
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. What is the ratio of the length of the two diagonals?



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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 22 Feb 2006, 06:01
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mama: Don't we need another assumption on the length of the sides of the parallelogram ?
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 22 Feb 2006, 16:59
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I really dont know if the q. is missing something. How did you guys arrive at your answers?

the oa i have is sin(30)/sin(60)=1/sqrt(3)
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 00:48
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Right the question is missing that the sides of the parallelogram are of equal length L.
Then we have the length of shortest diagonal is L (equilateral triangle) and the length of the other diagonal is 2*sin(60)*L=sqr(3)*L.
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 01:12
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pete, can you be more elaborate? what is the inside angle? I am picturing a figure with four angles, 60-120-60-120. there are two diagonals and the intersection between them cuts the diagonal in half. am i right? thanks.
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 01:32
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I don't see anything missing.

In the attached figure.

Say sides of ||gram are x and y.

We know that and lets say angle ADC = 60 Then

DCB = 120 and ABC = 60

So angle EDC = 30 and DCE = 60 and DEC = 90. Which mean the diagnols are bisecting at right angles. This happens only in case of rhombus, which is special ||gram having all sides equal.

Now we just have to find the ratio of sides of a right angle triangle whose other angles are 30, 60.

This leads to the solution sin(30)/sin(60)=1/sqrt(3)
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 02:27
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@ps dahiya

You suppose that the diagonals divide the respective angles exactly in two equal angles, but that is just the case in special cases, naemly when the figure is a square or a rhombus.

"So angle EDC = 30 and DCE = 60 and DEC = 90. Which mean the diagnols are bisecting at right angles. This happens only in case of rhombus, which is special ||gram having all sides equal.

Now we just have to find the ratio of sides of a right angle triangle whose other angles are 30, 60.

This leads to the solution sin(30)/sin(60)=1/sqrt(3)" is a circular argument
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 03:03
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So angle EDC = 30 and DCE = 60 and DEC = 90. Which mean the diagnols are bisecting at right angles.
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How do you get EDC=30 ??
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One of the inside angles of a parallelogram is 60 degrees. 23 Feb 2006, 03:34
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@ps dahiya

You suppose that the diagonals divide the respective angles exactly in two equal angles, but that is just the case in special cases, naemly when the figure is a square or a rhombus.

"So angle EDC = 30 and DCE = 60 and DEC = 90. Which mean the diagnols are bisecting at right angles. This happens only in case of rhombus, which is special ||gram having all sides equal.

Now we just have to find the ratio of sides of a right angle triangle whose other angles are 30, 60.

This leads to the solution sin(30)/sin(60)=1/sqrt(3)" is a circular argument
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What am I doing. I think I should sleep now. :sleeping: :sleeping:
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