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A right triangle is shown. Enter the value of x. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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A right triangle is shown. Enter the value of x. Round your answer to the nearest-example-1
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Because it's a right triangle and you are looking at the lengths of the sides, you want to use the Pythagorean theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2

The key to using this is that c MUST be the length of the longest side, in this case that's x.

4^2 + 5.5^2 = x^2

16 + 30.25 = x^2

46.25 = x^2

Then take the square root of both sides:

± 6.80 ≈ x

Technically the equation has two solutions, but only the positive one makes sense here.

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