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What is the value of x?

What is the value of x?-example-1

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Answer:

5

Explanation:

Use the Pythagorean Theorem

a²+b²=c² plug in the info you have

a²+12²=13² (c is always the side opposite from the right angle)

Solve for a

a²+144=169

-144 -144

a²=25 take the square root of both sides

√a²=√25

a=5

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