"What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
08-07-2018, 12:41 AM
Post: #8
 Thomas Klemm Senior Member Posts: 1,447 Joined: Dec 2013
RE: "What is the area? You should be able to solve this"
(08-06-2018 10:52 PM)Albert Chan Wrote:  20 cm^2 + sx = 16 cm^2 + 32 cm^2

That was my reasoning as well except that I was reading it as: $$20+5x=16+32$$
Which would lead me to: $$x=5.6$$

Well, I guess I muffed this one.
But seriously: Why would you use an index $$x$$ in $$s_x$$?

Thanks for the challenge and the chuckle.
Thomas

PS: It reminded me of Viviani's theorem.
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