SOLUTION: Please help I am a little hung up on this one. Find the length of x in a triangle. Express yourself in simplified radical form. Left side of triangle: 10

Question 123248: Please help I am a little hung up on this one.
Find the length of x in a triangle. Express yourself in simplified radical form.
Left side of triangle: 10
Rigth side of triangle: x
Bottom of triangle: 8
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the length of x in a triangle. Express yourself in simplified radical form.
Left side of triangle: 10
Rigth side of triangle: x
Bottom of triangle: 8
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Since the left side is the hypotenuse:
10^2 = x^2 + 8^2
x^2 = 100-64
x^2 = 36
x = sqrt(36)
x = 6
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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