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Find the value of in the triangle shown below

9, 7, and x around the triangle

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Answer:square root of 130

Find the value of in the triangle shown below 9, 7, and x around the triangle-example-1
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Answer:

5.66 units

Explanation:

A's per our discussion, x is a leg of right triangle.

Therefore, by Pythagoras theorem:


x = \sqrt{ {9}^(2) - {7}^(2) } \\ = √(81 - 49) \\ = √(32)


x = \sqrt{ {16}^(2) - {12}^(2) } \\ = √(256 - 144) \\ = √(112)

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