Connor jogs at a constant rate of 3.5 miles per hour. The table shows the distance traveled for different numbers of hours. Drag
each list, statement, or equation below to show whether it describes the independent quantity, the dependent quantity, or neither.
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It's going to be kind of crazy, but you need to use Pythagorean's Theorem for this. That will look like this: 
. FOIL out the left side to get 
. FOIL out the first of the 2 expressions on the right to get 
, and the second of the 2 to get 4x. Our equation now looks like this: 
. Combine like terms to get an equation that still has square roots in it that we have to deal with: 
and 
. We will square both sides to get rid of the square root sign. 
. This is a polynomial now that can be factored to solve for x. Bring the 2x over by subtraction and set the polynomial equal to 0. 
. Factor out an x, leaving us with x(x-2)=0. That means that x = 0 or x - 2 = 0 and x = 2. Of course if we are solving for the length of a side we know it can't have a side length of 0, so it must have a side length that is a multiple of 2. x = 2