To find: the value of
Answer to Problem 39WE
The required length of
Explanation of Solution
Given Information:
The six edges of the
Given figure,
Calculation:
Consider the following figure,
The law of cosines can be stated as follows,
Suppose that
Let
Then, it implies that,
So the length of
Simplify further to get,
Therefore, the required length of
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