Pros and cons of dropping the atomic bomb in WW2

(List them)

The most common advantage usually cited for dropping the atomic bombs is that the action would spare more lives than it cost. There had been recent battles at Okinawa and Iwo Jima that had already cost the American military forces thousands of lives.

The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties and devastation. The long-term effects of radiation exposure also increased cancer rates in the survivors.

answer: this problem has only trivial solutions, with all points on the same line. x=5 or x=7/5.

step-by-step explanation:

there are three triangles, and three unknowns: x, y=length of middle segment, and z=cos(angles marked with red arc).

we need

and law of cosines,

the three equations are

see attached image for solution.