document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88049>Question 88049</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the length x in the following triangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the left side is 12 the right side is x and the bottom is 8 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #63933 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=63933\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since we have a triangle with legs of 8 , x(our unknown side) and a hypotenuse of 12, we can use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagoreans theorem<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%5E2%2Bx%5E2=12%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%5E2%2Bx%5E2=12%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  Plug in a=8, b=x and c=12 and lets solve for x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6+4+%2B++x++%5E+2+=+1+4+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6+4+%2B++x++%5E+2+=+1+4+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Square each individual term\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x++%5E+2+=+1+4+4+-+6+4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x++%5E+2+=+1+4+4+-+6+4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Subtract 64 from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x++%5E+2+=+8+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x++%5E+2+=+8+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s+q+r+t+%28++x++%5E+2+%29+=+s+q+r+t+%28+8+0+%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s+q+r+t+%28++x++%5E+2+%29+=+s+q+r+t+%28+8+0+%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=4%2Asqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=4%2Asqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Simplify the square root\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which approximates to...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So our answer is\r<BR>\n" );
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