SOLUTION: Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form. Side 1: 17 Side 2: x Bottom: 8 I am needing help with tiangles and finding the length whi

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: Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form.
Side 1: 17 Side 2: x Bottom: 8
I am needing help with tiangles and finding the length while simplifing the radical form. Thanks for your help.
This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming side 1 is the hypotenuse. Use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side
Let c=17, a=8





So the unknown side x is 15

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