Question

PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM??
The triangle shown is a right triangle. Create the equation to be used to find the missing lengths. (Enter the smaller leg of the triangle first.) Do not solve the equation.

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Answer 1

yeah, they just want you to solve it down to x = whatever, using the Pythagorean theorem.

Answer 2

there are no answer option, i have to write it out but not solve the equation.

Answer 3

correct, just don't simplify anything and you should be fine. :) So, if for example, we had a = 3 and b = 4, then we should write: \[a^2 + b^2 = c^2\] \[3^2 + 4^2 = x^2\] \[\sqrt{3^2 + 4^2} = x\] just do the same thing here.

Answer 4

9+16=x^2
x =5

Answer 5

don't reduce the solution, leave it in unsimplified form, that's what the question means. I know it feels weird though. :)

Answer 6

this is what the question looks like.

Answer 7

OK, so in the example I gave, I showed that the final answer should look LIKE this (you will have different numbers since your triangle is different than my example):
\[x = \sqrt{3^2 + 4^2}\] so all you need to do is use the numbers that they gave you and make your answer look like a square root with numbers squared inside being added together. Let me know if you get stuck. :)

Answer 8

oh okay. i wrote 3^2 + 4^2
and then on the bottom i actually solved the equation so that's what i did wrong.

i solve the next one that i have and you can tell me if i'm doing it right

Answer 9

k :)