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Emilio's teacher asks him to draw a triangle that contains a right angle. Two of the three sides of the triangle must have measurements of 5 inches and 7 inches. How many possible measurements are there for the third side of the triangle?

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Explanation:

There would be 3 possible measurements for the 3rd side of the triangle because if you use the hypotenuese formula, you see C^2 = A^2 + B^2 so the two sides could be A and B, or they can be C and A / C and B but the C and __ would be the same for both A and B because they would be added the same way. (they would be equal)

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