SOLUTION: Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form. Side 1: 17 Side 2: x Bottom: 8 I am needing help with tiangles and finding the length whi

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Question 74303This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Find the length x in each triangle. Express your answer in simplified radical form.
Side 1: 17 Side 2: x Bottom: 8
I am needing help with tiangles and finding the length while simplifing the radical form. Thanks for your help. This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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I'm assuming side 1 is the hypotenuse. Use Pythagoreans theorem to find the unknown side
a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2Let c=17, a=8
8%5E2%2Bb%5E2=17%5E2
64%2Bb%5E2=289
b%5E2=289-64
sqrt%28b%5E2%29=sqrt%28225%29
b=15
So the unknown side x is 15