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Find the value of x in the triangle shown below

Find the value of x in the triangle shown below-example-1
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Answer:

x = 3

Explanation:

we can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem

x^2 + 4^2 = 5^2

x^2 + 16 = 25

x^2 = 9

x = +/- 3

we take only the positive value because a length can‘t be negative

x = 3

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