SOLUTION: Ahmed has first half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert (2x + 6) paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half i

Question 60112This question is from textbook Elementry and Intermediate Algebra
: Ahmed has first half of a treasure map, which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert (2x + 6) paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure, one must go to the Castle Rock, walk �x� paces to the North, and then walk (2x + 4) paces to the East. If they share their information, then they can find �x� and save a lot of digging. What is �x�? This question is from textbook Elementry and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Firstly draw a diagram which will give a right angled triangle with a hypotenuse of (2x+6) and the other two sides of x and (2x+4).
Using the Pythagorean Theorem

Therefore x=-2 or x=10.
Only a positive distance makes sense so x=10.
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