Question

What is the value of x? Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary.

Answer 1

@welshfella

Answer 2

Use pythagorean theorem

Answer 3

@TheSmartOne

Answer 4

\(a^2+b^2=c^2\)

Answer 5

can you explain how to do that?

Answer 6

\(a\), \(b\) are legs and \(c\) is hypotenuse.

So you have \(a=5\), \(b=8\), and \(c=x\)

So you have \(x^2 = 5^2+8^2\)

Can you solve for \(x\) here?

Answer 7

yeah.....

Answer 8

Okay, go ahead and solve for \(x\).

Answer 9

is this it: x≈9.43398113,−9.43398113

Answer 10

@geerky42 please i really need help

Answer 11

Just ignore negative number because length is never negative.

So your answer is \(x \approx9.434\)

Answer 12

sorry if i got it wrong im really stupid at math

Answer 13

rounded to the nearest tenth?

Answer 14

You are right, it's just that negative number is not involved here.

Answer 15

No that would be \(9.4\)