02-06-2017
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What is the length of side x in this right triangle?

Question 11 options:

13

12

17

15

What is the length of side x in this right triangle Question 11 options 13 12 17 15 class=

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AlirioMendez AlirioMendez

03-06-2017

We use the Pythagorean theorem because it is a rectangle triangle.
For that, x is the hypotenuse (c in the equation).
x^2= 8^2 + 15^2
x^2= 64 + 225
x^2= 289
x= [tex] \sqrt289} [/tex]
x= 17

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