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Help please I don’t really understand

Help please I don’t really understand-example-1
User Mr Stanev
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Answer:

35

Explanation:

We first need to find the missing side of the base triangle.

15^2 - 9^2 = x

144 = x^2

x = 12

Then, we can use the same formula (Pythagorean theorem) to find BD.

37^2 - 12^2 = x

1225 = x^2

x = 35

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