Question

Bess joins three pieces of spaghetti to make a triangle, as shown below.



What is most likely the length of the third spaghetti?

9 cm

2 cm

22 cm

24 cm

Answer 1

@rajfk35 Remember the Pythagorean theorem I gave you on your previous question I helped you with? Use that.

Answer 2

let the longest leg of this triangle be "C" and it really doesn't matter which is A & B, choose one

Answer 3

solve for the other

Answer 4

i did but it didnt gave me an answer from the choice

Answer 5

Double check that that 9 isn't supposed to be a 6?

Answer 6

\[A^2 + 10^2 = 12^2\]
\[A^2 + 100 = 144\]
\[A^2= 144-100\]
\[A^2=44\]
\[A=\pm\sqrt{2*2*11}\]
\[A=2\sqrt{11}\approx 6.63325\]

Answer 7

If you have to choose, pick 9 because it's the closest to the exact answer.