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Alright, first, what do you think the answer is?
And also, do you know how to cross multiply?
yes i do but i dont understand the whole question
Alright, so in this question, they are asking you to find X, with only the numbers and tools they give you below to put as the answer
They give you a square root sign, and numbers.
So, first let's see what we get for (3/x) Divided by (x/4)
You can Cross multiple 3 (a numerator) and 4 (The denominator of the other equation) and get 12
Now, we have X, cross multiply X by X, and you'll get X squared
right i got that far but after that i got stuck
Alright, so 12 is in fact equal to X squared. BUT, we have to find what is equal to X
So in order to do this, since X is x^2, we can square root it, and get the SquareRoot of X=The Square Root of 12.
Like 4^2=36, The square root of 4^2 is equal to the square root of 36.
4^2=16***
We know that the square root of X squared is X. An example is that the square root of 5 squared, is in fact 5.
Now we have to find the square root of 12.
Do you know how to do that?
6
6*2=12
Not quite. 6 Times 6 is not equal to 12. When you are finding the square root, think about finding two numbers that multiplies to get the answer
Or in other terms, find a number multiplied by itself equals 12.
Does any number multiplied by itself equal 12, that's not a decimal?
there isnt one
Correct, so since there isn't a number multiplied by itself that equals 12, we have to simplify the square root of 12 further.
The easiest way to do this is by finding any two numbers, (preferably the lowest common multiples) that equals 12.
6
Hm, can you think of a smaller fact than Six that can get you to 12?
factor*
What about 4 and 3? Since 4*3=12
1,2,3,4
4 and 3 are the lowest factors you can multiply together to get 12, so lets work from there
Now, we simplified 12 a little bit, so we have \[\sqrt{12}=\sqrt{4*3}\] simplified.
But it can be simplified a little bit further. but first let's get together all of our factors still in the equation. We square rooted X squared already to get X, and we're working on The other equation. So right now we have \[X=\sqrt{4*3}\]
Do you understand how we got 4 times 3 and why it's still under the square root sign?
yup
Alrighty, we're almost finished,
Now, we have to simplify the square root a little bit further. We can do this by finding the square root of One of the numbers that is under the radical.
You know which number that is?
4 can go down to 2
Correcto. Where does the 2 go in the equation now? Does it go inside the radical or outside? Since we just found the square root of 4 and got it.
in place of the 4
Is the two inside the radical in place of the four, or outside the radical, right next to the square root of 3?
Like, is it \[\sqrt{2*3}=x \] or \[2\sqrt{3}=X\]
out side
Correcto, so do you think we can simplify the equation anymore without forming any decimals?
no
Correct, so what is the final answer?
\[2\sqrt{3}\]
Correct! That's the answer to the question.
So \[x=2\sqrt{3}\]
thank you so much
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Sure
Alright, so in this question we are given one side length, and all 3 angles.
The question says that it's a 30 60 90 triangle, and gives us the location of 30 degrees and 90 degrees already.
Do you know the equation \[ \frac{ a }{ Sin A }=\frac{ b }{ Sin B }=\frac{ c }{Sin C }\]
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Lets change it up a bit to make it a little bit more familiar.
ok
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