Can anyone solve this math for me?

Cyniez · 13d

Rentlar · edit-2 13d

Note that the problem states that the outer shape is a quarter circle, information not provided in OP’s question.

Knowing it is a quarter circle is important because it allows us to validate that the bottom-right angle is 90 degrees.

@flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13d

I actually came to the comments to see if we had this information! Thanks.

@gezginorman@lemmy.ml · 13d

but does it have to be a given, or can we actually prove that it has to be

@bstix@feddit.dk · 13d

It has to be given, otherwise there would be infinitely many solutions.

You would need some other information to link the line segment X to the rest of the figure.