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Please help me with finding the length of AC. I’ll make this 20 points since it’s kinda long. Please don’t guess my grades depends on it

Please help me with finding the length of AC. I’ll make this 20 points since it’s-example-1
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Since the triangle is a right angled, to find one side we should use the pythagoras theorem.

The longed side of the triangle is called the hypotenuse.

In equation form: x² + y² = z²

Therefore: 12² + x² = 13²

114+x²= 169

x²= 169-114

x²= 55

x = 7.41

Therefore the length of AC = 7.41

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