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Please Help! Given the right triangles ABC and ABD, what is the length of segment BC, in units?

Please Help Given the right triangles ABC and ABD what is the length of segment BC in units class=

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frika
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  • 12-01-2020

Answer:

20 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider right triangle ABD. In this triangle,

[tex]BD=37\ un.\\ \\AD=19+16=35\ un.[/tex]

By the Pythagorean theorem,

[tex]BD^2=AD^2+AB^2\\ \\37^2=35^2+AB^2\\ \\AB^2=37^2-35^2=(37-35)(37+35)=2\cdot 72=144\\ \\AB=12\ un.[/tex]

Consider right triangle ABC. In this triangle,

[tex]AC=16\ un.\\ \\AB=12\ un.[/tex]

By the Pythagorean theorem,

[tex]BC^2=AB^2+AC^2\\ \\BC^2=16^2+12^2\\ \\BC^2=256+144=400\\ \\BC=20\ un.[/tex]

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