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Find the length of side x in simplest radical form with a rational denominator.
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I don’t have the diagram or enough context to determine x. Could you either upload the figure or paste the full problem statement (angles, which side is x, which sides/angles are labeled 1, etc.)?
In the meantime, here are the common possibilities and how I’d simplify the result to a radical with a rational denominator:
- 45°–45°–90° triangle
- If the two legs are 1 and 1, the hypotenuse x = √2.
- If the hypotenuse is 1, each leg x = 1/√2 = √2/2 (rationalized).
- 30°–60°–90° triangle
- If the short leg (opposite 30°) is 1, then long leg = √3 and hypotenuse = 2.
- If the hypotenuse is 1, short leg = 1/2 and long leg x = √3/2 (rationalized).
- Right triangle with other given side(s)
- Use the Pythagorean theorem: x = √(a^2 + b^2) or x = √(c^2 − a^2), then rationalize any denominator if needed.
Send the diagram or clarify which case applies and I’ll compute x in simplest radical form.
In the meantime, here are the common possibilities and how I’d simplify the result to a radical with a rational denominator:
- 45°–45°–90° triangle
- If the two legs are 1 and 1, the hypotenuse x = √2.
- If the hypotenuse is 1, each leg x = 1/√2 = √2/2 (rationalized).
- 30°–60°–90° triangle
- If the short leg (opposite 30°) is 1, then long leg = √3 and hypotenuse = 2.
- If the hypotenuse is 1, short leg = 1/2 and long leg x = √3/2 (rationalized).
- Right triangle with other given side(s)
- Use the Pythagorean theorem: x = √(a^2 + b^2) or x = √(c^2 − a^2), then rationalize any denominator if needed.
Send the diagram or clarify which case applies and I’ll compute x in simplest radical form.
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