The floor of a pool in the shape of a parallelogram has sides that measure 42 ft and 59 ft. To meet the minimum required length for the shortest diagonal, the angles must be 61 degrees and 119 degrees. What is the lengths of the diagonals?
1 Answer
Apr 4, 2018
Angle opposite to shortest diagonal is
So using cosine law we get
Similarly angle opposite to longest diagonal is
So using cosine law we get