SOLUTION: find the length x in the following triangle express it in simplified radical form the left side is 12 the right side is x and the bottom is 8

Question 88049: find the length x in the following triangle
express it in simplified radical form
the left side is 12 the right side is x and the bottom is 8
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since we have a triangle with legs of 8 , x(our unknown side) and a hypotenuse of 12, we can use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side.
Pythagoreans theorem

Plug in a=8, b=x and c=12 and lets solve for x
Square each individual term

Subtract 64 from both sides

Combine like terms

Take the square root of both sides

Simplify the square root

Which approximates to...

So our answer is

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