In triangle ABC, angle C = 60 Angle B = 90. BB1’s height is 2 cm. Find AB.
1. Consider the triangle ABC. By the theorem on the sum of the angles of a triangle:
angle A + angle B + angle C = 180 degrees.
Angle B = 90 degrees (by condition), angle C = 60 degrees.
angle A + 90 + 60 = 180;
angle A = 180 – 150;
angle A = 30 degrees.
2. Consider a triangle AB1B. AB1B is a right-angled triangle, since BB1 is the height lowered to the AC, that is, the perpendicular. In triangle AB1B, angle AB1B = 90 degrees, angle BAB1 = 30 degrees, BB1 = 2 cm – leg, AB – hypotenuse (since it lies opposite an angle equal to 90 degrees).
The BB1 leg lies opposite an angle of 30 degrees, so it is equal to half of the hypotenuse AB (according to the properties of a right triangle), then:
BB1 = AB / 2;
AB / 2 = 2;
AB = 2 * 2;
AB = 4 cm.
Answer: AB = 4 cm.