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Question 118074: Find the length x. express your answer in simplified radical form.
Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3=x
Answer by bucky(2189)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have not provided enough information to solve this problem. Presumably this is a triangle.
Is there an angle given?
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From the information you have provided, any of the following (plus more) could be a solution:
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Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3=8
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Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3=10
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Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3=7
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Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3=6
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Side 1=10
Side 2=8
Side 3= square root of 164
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And there are lots and lots of other solutions. For example, Side 3 could be any number as
long as it was greater than 2 but less than 18.
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Please re-post your problem and give more information about it.
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