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Find the missing length indicated. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.

Find the missing length indicated. Leave your answer in simplest radical form.-example-1
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Answer: 196

Explanation:

By the geometric mean theorem,


(96)/(40√(6))=(40√(6))/(x-96)

Solving for x,


(40√(6))^(2)=96(x-96)\\9600=96(x-96)\\100=x-96\\x=196

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