The two shorter sides of a triangle are 9 and 12. what is a possible length to make length of the third side to make the triangl
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Answer:
The length of each side of the city is 250b
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
--- tree distance from north gate
--- movement from south gate
--- movement in west direction from (b)
See attachment for illustration
Required
Find x
To do this, we have:
--- similar triangles
So, we have the following equivalent ratios
Where:
Substitute these in the above equation
Express as fraction
Cross multiply
Open bracket
Rewrite as:
Expand
Factorize
Factor out x + 284
Split
Solve for x
x can't be negative;
So:
