If W(-10, 4), X(-3, -1), and Y(-5, 11) classify ΔWXY by its sides. Show all work to justify your answer.

Given:

The vertices of ΔWXY are W(-10, 4), X(-3, -1), and Y(-5, 11).

To find:

Which type of triangle is ΔWXY by its sides.

Solution:

Distance formula:

Using distance formula, we get

Similarly,

Now,

So, triangle is an isosceles triangles.

and,

So, triangle is right angled triangle.

Therefore, the ΔWXY is an isosceles right angle triangle.

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.