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I need help I don’t understand it what to do

I need help I don’t understand it what to do-example-1

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x=17.1

by the pythagorean theorem,

a^2+b^2=c^2
6^2+16^2= c^2 (or x^2)
36+256=x^2
292=x^2
x=17.08 or 17.1
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