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Andre says he can find the length of the third sideof triangle ABC and it is 5 units. Mai disagrees andthinks that the side length is unknown. Do you agreewith either of them? Show or explain your reasoning.

Andre says he can find the length of the third sideof triangle ABC and it is 5 units-example-1

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The value of unknown side BC of the triangle cannot be determined here as it is not mentioned that what is the value of angle A.

As the it is not given that the triangle is a right angle triangle hence the Pythagorus theorem cannot be applied here.

Thus, option (B) is the correct answer.

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