Question

how do I solve for X?

Answer 1

I got 7.3 but idk how to explain it

Answer 2

b=c2﹣a2=11.22﹣8.52≈7.29315

Answer 3

what

Answer 4

how would I type that in tho?

Answer 5

that's the Pythagorean theorem:\[a^2+b^2=c^2\]
a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse (longest side)
so it would be this, basically\[x^2+8.5^2=11.2^2\]and solve as such

Answer 6

the formatting just got a little bugged up there

Answer 7

Thank you and its fine c:

Answer 8

what's a c colon?

Answer 9

lol a smiley face yk c: ;-; (:

Answer 10

yk?

Thanks for the tip

Answer 11

lol no problem

Answer 12

wait are you sure its 11.2?

Answer 13

Also not sure what's fine - are you good or should I keep going?

(yes it's 11.2 for hypotenuse \(c\))

Answer 14

idk its just somehow I got 7.3 instead but idk how

Answer 15

oh wait no im solving for x-?

Answer 16

the answer isn't 11.2, that's the hypotenuse
if you're looking for \(x\) you have to solve for it based on what josiah and I have written

Answer 17

okay but tbh he made no sense

Answer 18

he just didn't format this right lol\[x^2+8.5^2=11.2^2\]then it would be\(11.2^2-8.5^2\)and he basically solved directly

Answer 19

Okay thank you

Answer 20

do you know how to get that or should I continue?
(it's okay if you don't btw, everyone starts somewhere)

Answer 21

Yes I got it, then find the square root of that number

Answer 22

I actually need help with one similar to this

Answer 23

Ok cool :-) just so you can be sure though\[11.2^2-8.5^2=x^2\]\[x=\sqrt{11.2^2-8.5^2}=\sqrt{125.44-72.25}=\sqrt{53.19}\approx7.29315...\]

Answer 24

which is basically what he wrote earlier