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3) Consider a triangle with side lengths 5 and 13. What are the possibilities for the third side if the

triangle is right

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I think you already got the answer so im just gonna do this for points
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Answer:

find the square of both numbers

13²=169

5²=25

minus the square

169-25 to get 144

find the square root of 144

✓144=12 the third side is 12

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