SOLUTION: One leg of a right traingular piece of land has a length of 72 feet. The hypotenuse has a length of 74 yards. The other leg has a length of 10x yards. What is the value of x

Question 870506: One leg of a right traingular piece of land has a length of 72 feet. The hypotenuse has a length of 74 yards. The other leg has a length of 10x yards. What is the value of x
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is one of those questions that you have to read carefully. I confess to missing that the hypotenuse was YARDS the first time around.
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In a right triangle,
+ =
5184 + = 49284
Subtract 5184 from each side
= 44100
Divide each side by
=441
Take the square root of each side
x = 21 feet, which is 7 yards
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