His hand slipped and she could not hold on any longer. He reached out to stop her from falling but all he caught was a single hair. She fell into the abyss and disappeared out of sight. He stared into the emptiness that had stolen his love away from him and began to cry. She was gone. He heard a faint whisper in the background that would haunt him for ever more 'Andrew, what did you do wrong?'
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Angle 3 is equal to angle 5 because of vertical angles.
Answer:
x = 8√5
Step-by-step explanation:
In the figure attached, there are three right angle triangles.
So, by Pythagoras theorem,
y²+ 4² = z²
y² + 16 = z²------(1)
Similarly x² = 16² + y²--------(2)
and (16 + 4)² = x² + z²
20² = x² + z²-------(3)
Now we put the value of z² from equation 1 to equation 3
20² = x² + y² + 16
x² + y² = 400 - 16
x² + y² = 384
y² = 384 - x²------(4)
Now we put the value of y² from equation 4 to equation 2
x² = 16² + 384 - x²
2x² = 256 + 384
2x² = 640
x² = 320
x = 8√5
Therefore x = 8√5 will be the answer.
