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What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle when x=7​?

What is the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle when x=7​?-example-1
User Pav Sidhu
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Answer:
Length of Hypotenuse
Decimal Form: 68.609
Radical Form: 28 * sqrt(5)
User Marschro
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Answer:


\approx63

Explanation:

Let's start by finding the length of each leg.


7x+7=7(7)+7=49+7=56\\4x=4(7)=28

Now, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse.


a^2+b^2=c^2


28^2+56^2=c^2\\784+3136=c^2\\3920=c^2

Take the square root of both sides:


c\approx63

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