Find the length of the missing side. The triangle is not drawn to scale. A. 60 B. 34 C. 169 D. 13

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Find the length of the missing side. The triangle is not drawn to scale.

A. 60
B. 34
C. 169
D. 13

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Let "a" be the missing side.

By the Pythagorean theorem:

a² = 12² + 5² = 144 + 25 = 169
a = √169 = 13 units

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