If the square root of 61 is the longest side length in the triangle and the shorter sides are x and x+1, find the value of x that makes the triangle above a right triangle. Write your answer in simplest radical form.

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Pamela Fischer

Mathematics

22 September, 11:49

If the square root of 61 is the longest side length in the triangle and the shorter sides are x and x+1, find the value of x that makes the triangle above a right triangle. Write your answer in simplest radical form.

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Jameson · Answer 1

So the question ask to find the value of x that makes the triangle above a right triangle and the best way to answer this is by doing the Pythagorean formula of c^2=a^2+b^2 and the answer would be X=31. I hope you are satisfied with my answer