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Find x and answer in radical form

Find x and answer in radical form-example-1
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Answer: 2sqrt(10)

Explanation:

I'll do the top left one as an example, you can do the rest.

From the geometric mean theorem, we get that 5/x = x/8.

This rearranges to x^2 = 40

x = 40 = 2sqrt(10)

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