Question

Please answer this question now in two

Answer 1

16

Step-by-step explanation:

The length of a side of a triangle must be less than the sum of the other two sides.

The two given sides are 2 and 15 units long.

2 + 15 = 17

The third side must have a length less than 17.

The largest whole number less than 17 is 16.

Answer: 16

Answer 2

The hypotenuse is always the side with the greatest length. As the question asks for the largest possible length we have to calculate the hypotenuse.

Pythagoras theorem:

A^2 + B^2 = C^2

a = 15 b = 2

15^2 + 2^2 = 229

Square root 229 to get side length which is equal to 15.13~

Since it asks for largest possible WHOLE NUMBER side length round down to 15