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(ASAP) Consider the diagram shown. What is the value of to the nearest hundredth?

(ASAP) Consider the diagram shown. What is the value of to the nearest hundredth?-example-1
User Kasaname
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Answer:

x = 9.24

Explanation:

User Tawanda
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Answer:

x = 9.24

Explanation:

I'm assuming we are solving for the value of x

We can apply the geometric mean for altitude in this case:

AD = √CD*BD,

16 = √x * 3x,

256 =3x^2,

x = 16√3/3 ≈ 9.24

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