How do I solve for a side in a triangle where I only know that it's a right triangle and one side (the one adjacent to the right angle).

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

I am trying to solve for x but am not sure how to start even.

jdoe0001 · Answer

can you post a quick screenshot of the material?

anonymous · Answer

I made a diagram jdoe0001, see my response above yours

jdoe0001 · Answer

I see it, I don't think you have enough info though to get anything else

anonymous · Answer

Yeah...that's what I thought as well :/

jdoe0001 · Answer

so.... if we could take a look at the screenshot, just to remove any ambiguities

anonymous · Answer

ok give me a few secs

anonymous · Answer

Here is the pic  of it I took (no electronic version avail so I had to shoot a pic with phone)

jdoe0001 · Answer

... what .. sections are you covering?

anonymous · Answer

just the x is needed

jdoe0001 · Answer

hmm I don't see enough info.... unless I were to assume the the adjacent side is equals to the opposite

anonymous · Answer

yeah I'm gonna skip this one. thanks anyways!