The first step is to line it up in the Pythagorean theorem, then you want to move the [tex]6^{2}[/tex] to the other side of the equation via subtraction from both sides in order to isolate the [tex]x^2[/tex]. After that, you'll end up with [tex]x^{2} =64[/tex] then you'll want to square root both sides and end with [tex]x=8[/tex].
