A fold is formed on a #20 cm × 30 cm# rectangular sheet of paper running from the short side to the long side by placing a corner over the long side. Find the minimum possible length of the fold?
# L = 15sqrt(3) ~~ 25.98 \ cm#
Let us set up the following variables:
{
(L, "Length of the fold", cm),
(x, "DE", cm),
(theta, "Angle " hat(DGE), "radians")
:} #
Now:
Using the sum of angle formula:
we have:
Using the identity:
we have:
At a critical point this derivative vanishes, and so:
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The minimum possible length of the fold on a 20 cm × 30 cm rectangular sheet of paper formed by placing a corner over the long side is 25 cm.
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