O is the origin How did they get that 1/2 ?? because it's not from similar triangles TIA
burgerandcheese Junior Member Joined Jul 2, 2018 Messages 85 Jun 9, 2019 #1 O is the origin How did they get that 1/2 ?? because it's not from similar triangles TIA
pka Elite Member Joined Jan 29, 2005 Messages 11,986 Jun 9, 2019 #2 burgerandcheese said: View attachment 12513 O is the origin How did they get that 1/2 ?? because it's not from similar triangles Click to expand... \(\displaystyle (z+4)+(z-4)=2z\) \(\displaystyle \tfrac{1}{2}(2z)=z\) So \(\displaystyle z=\tfrac{1}{2}[(z+4)+(z-4)]\)
burgerandcheese said: View attachment 12513 O is the origin How did they get that 1/2 ?? because it's not from similar triangles Click to expand... \(\displaystyle (z+4)+(z-4)=2z\) \(\displaystyle \tfrac{1}{2}(2z)=z\) So \(\displaystyle z=\tfrac{1}{2}[(z+4)+(z-4)]\)