document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=65702>Question 65702</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the length of X in the triangle. Express in simplified radical form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is a drawing of the triangle:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                    =   =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               12 =     =  X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                =       =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              =         =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "            =           =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          =          ====<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       =             =  =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    =                =  =<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I do not know the process of figuring this out, can anyone help me understand the process and how to get the answer please, thank you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #46397 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=46397\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have a right triangle with the legs: 8 and x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with the hypotenuse: 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2 + x^2 = 12^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + x^2 = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4*sqrt(5) </SPAN>\n" );
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