Question

Medal!!

Answer 1

Heres the question.

Answer 2

Use the Pythagorean thereom. a^2+b^2=c^2

Answer 3

find x and y and add them

Answer 4

10^2+17^2=c^2
389=c^2

Answer 5

You have two sets of right triangles. Think Pythagorean Theorem.

Answer 6

Ok cool.

Answer 7

\[\sqrt{389}\]

Answer 8

You can use Pythagorean Triples to find the missing sides.

Answer 9

Ok

Answer 10

If you know the triple (3,4,5), then you know that (6, 8, 10) is another set of sides of a right triangle. That gives x as 6.

Answer 11

(8, 15, 17) is a primitive Pythagorean Triple.

Two of your triangles have 8 and 17 in them.

Answer 12

yeah i seen that.

Answer 13

Add those two sides and that's it.

Answer 14

Ok cool.