Question

the lengths of the sides of a triangle are x, 3 and 5 what is the possible vaule of x?

Answer 1

4

Answer 2

why

Answer 3

triples. :l

Answer 4

4 if it is a right angled triangle

Answer 5

yea abhed is right....theres a theorem where it says somthing about the addition or subtraction of the sides or somthing has to be equal to a certain quantity

Answer 6

x^2+3^2=5^2
x^2=25-9
x^2=16
x=4

Answer 7

ok so if a triangles sisdes are x, 33, and 41 how would i solve this one?

Answer 8

pythagorean theorem. Should've remembered that. is x the hypotneuse? or however you spell that.

Answer 9

no because the triangle is not drawn

Answer 10

x can be taken as the hypotenuse only if it is th largest side

Answer 11

If it's unspecified, how would you solve that?

Answer 12

add 33+41?

Answer 13

Assuming X is the hypotenuse, you would do:
\[33^{2}+41^{2}=X ^{2}\]

Answer 14

So X would be the square root of 2770, or 52.63078... There's probably a much simpler way to do that. But regardless, the answer is the same.

Answer 15

there is.....all you need to do is add the two shortest side and they have to be greater than the largest side

Answer 16

That's true, but how would it get you the answer? That would just mean X<74. Doesn't help much.