Recent content by jeflon

I went that direction also in some of my attempts, labeling unknown x,y with respect to large triangle as x-4 and y-4 respectively.

Many thanks, I had your step one and two but it was after making it more complicated than it needed to be and going off in wrong directions. thanks again.

I solved this many years ago, but after revisiting Trig in order to tutor my daughter, I revisited this to stimulate myself but am hitting a brick wall. Problem: A 4 inch square sits in a corner(picture x,y origin). A 12 inch ruler or line leans against the wall at an angle such that there are...