Question

For the following right triangle, find the side length x. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.1012

Answer 1

`x\text{ = 15.62}`

Here, we want to find the value of x

As we can see, x faces the right angle and thus it is the hypotenuse

According to Pythagoras' theorem, the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the two other sides

Thus, we have it that;

`\begin{gathered} x^2=10^2+12^2 \\ x^2\text{ = 100 + 144} \\ x^2\text{ = 244} \\ x\text{ = }\sqrt[]{244} \\ x\text{ = 15.62} \end{gathered}`