Six's solution is correct and my solution is the same. I just made more steps to the answer, making sure that my (Dutch) students can understand the solution. See: http://home.kpn.nl/henkreuling/solutions8foxes/330_8foxes_solution.pdf (Excuse me for my poor English... As I said: I'm Dutch...)
http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll4/sixflags11804/?action=view¤t=GeometryProblem2.jpg
ReplyDeleteI hope you can read this well. I misdrew the triangle, and I did rush a bit.
Six's solution is correct and my solution is the same. I just made more steps to the answer, making sure that my (Dutch) students can understand the solution.
ReplyDeleteSee:
http://home.kpn.nl/henkreuling/solutions8foxes/330_8foxes_solution.pdf
(Excuse me for my poor English... As I said: I'm Dutch...)
here's an alternate solution taking advantage of the two kite-shaped quadrilaterals:
ReplyDelete- vertex A, sides a, h, h, a
- vertex B, sides b, h, h, b
http://bleaug.free.fr/8foxes/8foxes330.png
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