SOLUTION: find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 4 inches and 3 inches also if you know √x+5=6 it would really help thank you so much

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Question 391106: find the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 4 inches and 3 inches
also if you know √x+5=6 it would really help thank you so much
Found 3 solutions by rfer, solver91311, richard1234:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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you have a 3, 4, 5 triangle
H=5
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x+25=36
x=11

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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or recognize a 3-4-5 right triangle.

Can't do the other one. Don't know if you mean:



or




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Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you know the 3-4-5 triangle, you can say the hypotenuse is 5.

If sqrt%28x%29+%2B+5+=+6, then sqrt%28x%29+=+1. Squaring both sides, we get x = 1.