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I’m stuck on this question. any help would be greatly appreciated

I’m stuck on this question. any help would be greatly appreciated-example-1
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Using the Pythagorean theorem we get:


y^2+8^2=12^2.

Simplifying the above result we get:


y^2+64=144.

Subtracting 64 from the above equation we get:


\begin{gathered} y^2+64-64=144-64, \\ y^2=80. \end{gathered}

Therefore:


y=√(80)\approx8.9.

Answer:


y=8.9.

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