NY = 3*sqrt 6 OR 12? tri NYV, alt YA to NV, NA=6, AV=9; find NY
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Steven G
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Please show us your work.Heres the problem.
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You have "\(\displaystyle x= \sqrt{6\cdot 9}= \sqrt{54}= 3\sqrt{2}\)". That last inequality is incorrect. You should have seen that \(\displaystyle \sqrt{6\cdot 9}= \sqrt{6}\sqrt{9}= 3\sqrt{6}\). You have also written "x= " without saying what "x" represents in the picture.
It is true that dropping a perpendicular from the right angle in a right triangle to the hypotenuse divides that triangle into two smaller right triangles, both similar to the original triangle.
It is true that dropping a perpendicular from the right angle in a right triangle to the hypotenuse divides that triangle into two smaller right triangles, both similar to the original triangle.
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You posted numbers on the picture. Were they random numbers that you placed on the triangle? I doubt that. So yes, you can do better at explaining your work. Also you tried simplifying x (and did that incorrectly) but failed to define x. You can use any variable you like and tat is never a problem but it is a problem if you fail to define it.
Thanks for helping, I am still confused and the answer to the missing side length NY would be of great help.
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Actually, handing out answers is (as we've learned from hard experience) NOT of great help (other than to active cheaters). Instead, please reply with a clear explanation of what you did, and your reasoning, so we can try to figure out what's going on, and then reply with useful helps and hints.
Thank you!
