Question

What is the measure of z?

Answer 1

Solving a system of linear equations, we conclude that the measure of side Z is 2√13

How to find the measure of side Z?

Remember the Pythagorean theorem. It says that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs.

In the image, we can identify 3 right triangles, and with the Pythagorean theorem, we can write a system of 3 equations.

x^2 = y^2 + 4^2

z^2 = y^2 + 9^2

(4 + 9)^2 = z^2 + x^2

We want to solve that for z.

Now, the second equation can be rewritten to:

y^2 = z^2 - 9^2

Now let's replace the first equation into the third one, so we get:

(4 + 9)^2 = z^2 + (y^2 + 4^2)

Now we can replace y^2 by z^2 - 9^2

(4 + 9)^2 = z^2 + ((z^2 - 9^2) + 4^2)

Now we can solve this:

(13)^2 = z^2 + z^2 - 9^2 + 4^2

(13)^2 + 9^2 - 4^2 = 2*z^2

104/2 = z^2

52 = z^2

√52 = z

√(4*13) = z

√4*√13 = z

2√13 = z

We conclude that the measure of side Z is 2√13

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