SOLUTION: Find the length of X, simplify the radical expression: I will try to draw out the triangle: = = =

Question 65697: Find the length of X, simplify the radical expression:
I will try to draw out the triangle:
=
= =
= =
10 = =
= = X
= =
= =
= ===
= = =
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8
These types of problems stump me everytime I try to figure them out. Thank you for the help in advance!

Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the length of X, simplify the radical expression:
I will try to draw out the triangle:
=
= =
= =
10 = =
= = X
= =
= =
= ===
= = =
===================
8
This looks like a right triangle, we can use the pythagorean theorem: , c=hypotenuse, a and b are legs.
c=10, a=x and b=8

Happy Calculating!!!
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