What is the measure of one side of the square if its area is 100x² - 160x + 64?
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The Area of a Square is the square of the measure of one side of the square.
Hence, given the expression for the area of a square, express the given area as the square of an expression to get the measure of one side.
The given expression is:
Rewrite the expression as:
Recall the binomial expansion:
Substituting a=10x and b=8, it follows that the expression becomes:
Since the area of a square is the square of the measure of one side, it follows that the measure of one side from the given expression is 10x-8.
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we can find the length of the ladder first using pythagorean theorem then use cos⁻¹(x) to find the angle measure
or
we can use tan⁻¹(x) to find the angle measure then use cos(x) to find the hyptotonuse
I'll use the first way
alrighty, so we can find the hypotnuse by using pythagoreano therrem which can be used for right triangles
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legs are 30 and 50
30²+50²=c²
900+2500=c²
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sqrt both sides
10√34=c
the length of the ladder is 10√34 in
ok, so we know hyptonuse is 10√34
cos=adjacent/hypotonuse
but we can use cos⁻¹(x)
cos⁻¹(30/(10√34))=x°
use your calculator
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