Question

MEDAL

What is the missing side length (x)
Please don't tell me to use the Pythagorean theorem because I haven't learned that yet and if I haven't and they gave me this question there has to be another way to solve this

Answer 1

@k_lynn

Answer 2

a^2+b^2=c^2
x^2+9^2=14^2

Answer 3

x=sqrt(115)

Answer 4

There doesn't seem to be a way to solve this without the pythagorean theorem or the law of sines.

Answer 5

There is because I haven't learned it yet and its still asking me to answer the question

Answer 6

@RainCloud @ineedurhelpnow

Answer 7

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/55021e63e4b056920f4d479c

Answer 8

The picture didn't show up right - is 14 just one of the sides, or the hypotenuse?

Answer 9

use the pythagorean theorem, as aforementioned

Answer 10

If 14 is just one of the sides and not the hypotenuse, then there's one unique Pythagorean triplet - but like everyone else has said, I don't know of a way to solve this without using the P. Theorem otherwise....

Answer 11

:(

Answer 12

did you learn Hero's formula for the area of a triangle given the length of the sides?

Answer 13

please let me know how to do this without Pythagoren theorem, thanks

Answer 14

OH! The picture of this finally showed up correctly! I didn't know that you had the value of the hypotenuse and also one of the sides. Have you done trigonometric functions in class like sine, cosine and tangent? (this might all be very much after the fact). If so, you can use them to find the missing side length.