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Answer: 12 inches</h3>
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Explanation:
Notice the double tickmarks on segments WZ and ZY. This tells us the two segments are the same length. Let's say they are m units long, where m is a placeholder for a positive number.
That would mean m+m = 2m represents the length of segment WY, but that's equal to 10 as the diagram shows. We have 2m = 10 lead to m = 5 after dividing both sides by 2.
We've shown that WZ and ZY are 5 units long each. In short, we just cut that length of 10 in half.
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Let's focus on triangle XYZ. This is a right triangle with legs XZ = unknown and ZY = 5. The hypotenuse is XY = 13.
We'll use the pythagorean theorem to find XZ
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
(XZ)^2 + (ZY)^2 = (XY)^2
(XZ)^2 + (5)^2 = (13)^2
(XZ)^2 + 25 = 169
(XZ)^2 = 169-25
(XZ)^2 = 144
XZ = sqrt(144)
XZ = 12
Segment XZ is 12 inches long.
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While multiplying decimals by 10, 100, 1,000 and so on, just move the decimal to the right by how many zeros you have in the number. Let’s say I have 7.9 x 10. Move the decimal one place to the right because you have ONE zero. Then your answer would be 79.