Question

Find the value of the variable in each right triangle below. Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

We can use the following formula to solve our problem:

We have

`ah=bc`

Looking at our drawing we can see that

a = 25

h = x

b = 24

c = 7

Therefore

`\begin{gathered} 25\cdot x=24\cdot7 \\ \\ 25x=168 \\ \\ x=(168)/(28)=6.2 \end{gathered}`

The value of x is 6.2