document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=78384>Question 78384</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hypotenuse is 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg a is 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leg b is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( " I came up with x=8.94427 but that is not in simplified radical form is it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #56202 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=dolly><B>dolly(163)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=dolly><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=56202\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Here hypotenuse = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one leg = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the other leg = sqrt(12^2 - 8^2) [by Pythagorean theorem]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = sqrt(144 - 64)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = sqrt(80)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = sqrt(16*5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = sqrt(16) * sqrt(5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = 4 * sqrt(5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus leg b = 4sqrt(5)which is in simplified radical form. </SPAN>\n" );
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