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prealgebra senior

Problem

cm, , and . Express the number of centimeters in the length of in simplest radical form.
problem
Solution
Drawing altitude splits into 30-60-90 triangle and 45-45-90 triangle :



From 30-60-90 triangle , we have . From 45-45-90 triangle , we have .
Final answer
10\sqrt{2}