SOLUTION: Find the length of X in the triangle. Express in simplified radical form:
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Question 65702: Find the length of X in the triangle. Express in simplified radical form:
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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.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have a right triangle with the legs: 8 and x
You have a right triangle with the hypotenuse: 12
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
8^2 + x^2 = 12^2
64 + x^2 = 144
x^2 = 80
x = 4*sqrt(5)
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