Question

Help me with 22 and 23

Answer 1

22.

pythagorean theorem says legs a and b and hypotenuse c of a right triangle are related via the equation c²=a²+b². in other words, adding the sum of the squares of the legs get you the square of the hypotenuse

if the hypotenuse is 4 meters long, c = 4.

if one leg is 3 meters long, we can choose either a or b to be 3. it does not really matter. let us choose a = 3. now we have to find b.

if we have c²=a²+b², we can solve for b.

subtract a² both sides to get c²-a²=b², and then square root both sides to get

b = √(c²-a²)

plugging in our info we get

b = √(4²-3²) = √(16 -9) = √7

so the answer is √7 meters for 22

23

two triangles are similar, then the proportion of their sides are the same. the propotion between the smaller triangles' hypotenuse and 2cm leg is 5cm/3cm.

notice how the bigger triangle just have a doubled hypotenuse. therefore, the bigger triangle's x and y are just the corresponding smaller triangle values doubled.

x = 6 and y = 8