SOLUTION: I have a triangle. One of its angles is divided into two by a bisector. One of the two parts of the divided side is x and the total of two parts is 12. One of the other sides of th

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Question 1114771: I have a triangle. One of its angles is divided into two by a bisector. One of the two parts of the divided side is x and the total of two parts is 12. One of the other sides of the triangle is 9 and the other is not given. Find x.
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Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
your triangle is right angle triangle
one leg is , the other leg is , so you use Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse




->the hypotenuse

since one leg is , the other leg is , on the leg (length) one part , than the other part is

now use proportion:
....solve for









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