Solar Panels - Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 1994 Bipin came into geometry class one day. "My dad's gonna add solar panels to our house. And he wants our class to help!" "Neat!" said Betty. "What can we do?" Bipin replied, "Here's the design. Our roof, which is AB and BC, is symmetric - AB and BC are the same. He wants to extend AB by 10 feet, which will make it big enough for the solar panels. From the top of that, which is F, he'll drop a wall straight down to the existing roof. The first thing he needs to know is how far down the roof this straight wall will hit. When we get that, he can start ripping things out." Correct solutions to the problem were submitted by: Bipin Mujumdar, Shaler Area High School Farrah Varga and Jessica Fry, Buena High School Brad Warner, Fairfield HS Kim Carbone, Fairfield HS Jennifer Abrahamsen, Fairfield HS Julie Black, Fairfield HS Samantha Brenner and Betsy McCormick,Fairfield HS Susan Quan, Masterman Megan Guichard, Pioneer Middle School Christina Carnevale, Sarah Egner, Marianne Ganster, Meghann Keppard, Siobhan O'Brien, Mt. St. Joseph's Faaiza Bashir, College Park High School Steffanie Jensen, College Park High School Anita Lau, Burnaby South Secondary School Nancy Chen, Burnaby South Secondary School Sketches Moira Conway, Mt. St. Joseph's Sarah McLaughlin, Mt. St. Joseph's Next problem || Previous problem || Table of Contents || Forum Home Page