SOLUTION: This is the problem I have to solve I have no idea where to start? Please help Ahmed has half of a treasure map,which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6

Question 666808: This is the problem I have to solve I have no idea where to start? Please help
Ahmed has half of a treasure map,which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must get to Castle Rock, walk x paces to the north, and then walk 2x + 4 paces to the east. If they share their information, then they can find x and save a lot of digging. What is x?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If you go

paces north of Castle Rock and then turn and go

paces east from that point, then you have described the two legs of a right triangle. The other piece of the puzzle,

must be the measure of the hypotenuse, so you know that the treasure must have been buried by that bloodthirsty swashbuckler (how does one buckle a swash, anyway?) Pegleg Pythagoras the Pirate and his faithful sidekick Polly the Parrot of Penzance.

The Theorem says:

A little algebra music there, Mr. Smee

Which of the two roots to the equation should you discard, if any? Super Double Plus Piece of Eight Extra Credit: What is the probability that they dig it up on the first try?

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John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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