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Find x (circle)
(Btw I don’t know if 5.6 is correct so just ignore that)

Find x (circle) (Btw I don’t know if 5.6 is correct so just ignore that)-example-1

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Answer:

A. 11.2

Explanation:

But this has nothing to do with 5.6 × 2. Erase that! Lol.

You have a right triangle here. The only thing to do with the circle is that there are two radii (plural of radius) shown. So they have to be the same measure.

The unmarked "bottom" of the triangle, the short leg, is a radius, so it too, is 8.4.

The hypotenuse of the right triangle, the side on the right, the longest side is 5.6 + 8.4.

The hypotenuse is 14.

Let's do some Pythagorean Theorem.

Leg^2+ leg^2=hypotenuse^2

you know,

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

fill in what we know.

8.4^2 + b^2 = 14^2

simplify.

70.56 + b^2 = 196

subtract 70.56

b^2 = 125.44

squareroot both sides

b = 11.2

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