Two of the sides of a triangle are 7 inches and 8 inches. If the third side is a whole number of inches, what is its greatest possible measure?

Olsi asked Feb 14, 2022

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Two of the sides of a triangle are 7 inches

and 8 inches. If the third side is a whole
number of inches, what is its greatest
possible measure?

Olsi asked Feb 14, 2022

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Answer:

11 inches

Explanation:

7^2+8^2=c^2

49+64=c^2

113=c^2

square root both side

c=10.63014581

round up and get c=11

hope this helped :)

Dub answered Feb 19, 2022

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