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Question 1108093: fill in the green boxes 
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                                  4        9    <\pre>



                               x=______,________squaret root of



                                

Answer by greenestamps(13216) About Me  (Show Source): 

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 


Call the vertical line in your diagram y.  Then by similar triangles, 4%2Fy=y%2F9 so y = 6.


Then find x using the Pythagorean Theorem.