What is the value of x? enter your answer in the box. x =

(x+4) / 44.8 = 35 / 56
56(x+4) = 35(44.8)
56x + 224 = 1568
56x = 1344
x = 24

answer
x = 24 mm

In the 9th century, Arab writers usually called one of the equal factors of a number jadhr (“root”), and their medieval European translator used the Latin word radix (from which derives the adjective radical). Radix is the Latin for root, and radical is the name of the square root symbol.