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Find the exact value of x. Do the sides lengths form a Pythagorean triple?

Find the exact value of x. Do the sides lengths form a Pythagorean triple?-example-1

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It is square root of 495.
Use Pythagorean theorem.
We have A and C.
Subtract 81 from 576 to get 495.
To find x, un square both sides to get
About 22.2485955
Or 22.2 or 22 depending if we round.
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