document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74303>Question 74303</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072549017/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra </A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Side 1: 17 Side 2: x Bottom: 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am needing help with tiangles and finding the length while simplifing the radical form. Thanks for your help.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #53310 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=53310\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm assuming side 1 is the hypotenuse. Use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Let c=17, a=8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the unknown side x is 15 </SPAN>\n" );
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