Question

find the length of the unknown side
1 side is 17 in
2nd side is 8 in
side a = ????

Answer 1

what's the shape of the figure?

Answer 2

if it's a triangle, the answer is 15, based on the pythagorean theorem.

Answer 3

its about the shape of this figure, if its a triangle, there is 2 possible answers (mybe more) first is 15 (8 x 8 + a x a = 17 X 17, a=15) and the other answer is that 9<a<25 ...

Answer 4

the length of the other side is between:

9 < side < 25

Answer 5

without knowing any other information about the trianlge, thats really the best you can get