It's a Square Problem.

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A B C D ABCD is a square with a side length of 15 15 .

Using the above diagram find the value of x x .


The answer is 9.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
Nov 27, 2019

Using the diagram above we obtain:

d 2 = ( 12 + x ) 2 + 3 2 = 153 + 24 x + x 2 = 2 1 5 2 = 450 d^2 = (12 + x)^2 + 3^2 = 153 + 24x + x^2 = 2 * 15^2 = 450

x 2 + 24 x 297 = 0 ( x + 33 ) ( x 9 ) = 0 x = 33 \implies x^2 + 24x - 297 = 0 \implies (x + 33)(x - 9) = 0 \implies x = -33 or x = 9 x = 9 .

Since x = 33 x = -33 is not a valid solution to this problem x 33 x = 9 \implies x \neq -33 \implies \boxed{x = 9} .

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