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Urgent!!! find x (5x+15)°

Urgent!!! find x (5x+15)°-example-1

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The value of x = 52.

The triangle image you sent shows a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 5x+15 degrees and one leg of x degrees. We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the other leg, y degrees:


(x)^2 + (y)^2 = (5x+15)^2

Since the triangle is a right triangle, we know that y = 90 - x. Substituting this into the equation above, we get:


(x)^2 + (90-x)^2 = (5x+15)^2

Expanding the parentheses on the right-hand side of the equation, we get:


x^2 + 8100 - 180x + x^2 = 25x^2 + 150x + 225

Combining like terms and simplifying, we get:


-150x = -7850

x = 52

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