document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=118078>Question 118078</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the length x. Express the answer in simplified radical form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Side 1=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Side 2=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Side 3=12 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #86173 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=86173\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I suspect there was a diagram that accompanied this problem, because you left out some rather important details.  First, is this a right triangle?  And, if it is a right triangle, is side 1 one of the legs or is it the hypotenuse?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assumption 1:  It is a right triangle and x is one of the legs:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=sqrt%2812%5E2-8%5E2%29=sqrt%28144-64%29=sqrt%2880%29=4%2Asqrt%285%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=sqrt%2812%5E2-8%5E2%29=sqrt%28144-64%29=sqrt%2880%29=4%2Asqrt%285%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assumption 2:  It is a right triangle and x is the hypotenuse:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=sqrt%2812%5E2%2B8%5E2%29=sqrt%28144%2B64%29=sqrt%28208%29=4%2Asqrt%2813%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=sqrt%2812%5E2%2B8%5E2%29=sqrt%28144%2B64%29=sqrt%28208%29=4%2Asqrt%2813%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assumption 3:  It is NOT a right triangle:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you can say is that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%3Cx%3C20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%3Cx%3C20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, excluding the two values calculated above.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps.  And do be a little more specific next time you ask for help.<BR>\n" );
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