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2022 Fermat Problem 22
A rectangle with dimensions 100 cm by 150 cm is tilted so that one corner is 20 cm above a horizontal line, as shown. To the nearest centimetre, the height of vertex Z above the horizontal line is (100 + x) cm. What is the value of x?
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