Question

An acute triangle has sides measuring 10 cm and 16 cm. The length of the third side is unknown.

Which best describes the range of possible values for the third side of the triangle?

x < 12.5, x > 18.9
12.5 < x < 18.9
x < 6, x > 26
6 < x < 26

Answer 1

12.5< × < 18.9

Explanation:

because you would use the pythagoras theorem which a² + b² = c² in this case c is the third side the unknown so to work this out do square root of ( 10² + 16²) which is 100 + 256 = 356 and the square root of 356 is 18.86 which rounds to 18.9 so the second answer is correct :)

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