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Needed before 2/18/2022 || Geometry
Find AC

Needed before 2/18/2022 || Geometry Find AC-example-1
User Megaoctane
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Answer:

AC = 38

Explanation:

using the formula:

(Pythagoras Theorem)

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

but since we don't know a^2, we are going to use the equation,

c^2 - b^2 = a^2 to find what a^2 is because a^2 is part of AC.

(i am not using the variables in the picture, only the numbers)

C = 33

B = 22

A = ??

so

c^2 - b^2 = a^2

turns into

33^2 - 22^2 = a^2

simplify

1089 - 484 = 605

605 = a^2

so now in order to get a without the ^2 we just square root it

√605 = 24.59 ≈ 25

so since 25 is the other part of line AC, we just add it to 13.

25 + 13 = 38

So the answer is AC = 38!

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