A woman has a piece of wood that is 22 ft long and another that is 13 ft long.She wants to select another piece of wood so that she can put all of the pieces together to make a triangle. How long could the third piece be?

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anonymous · Answer

well what kind of triangle is it.

anonymous · Answer

there is triangles with two congruent sides and one not congruent and some with all congruent sides.

anonymous · Answer

i want to say it is a right triangle. (leg 1, leg 2, hypotenuse)

anonymous · Answer

the answer choices are 8 ft, 8 ft 6 in, 12 ft, and 36 ft

anonymous · Answer

no congruent sides

anonymous · Answer

ok so

anonymous · Answer

heres a formula: https://www.google.com/search?q=right+triangle&oq=right+triangle&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.2367j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=formula+for+right+triangle Plug in what you know and that should give you the answer

anonymous · Answer

if you need anymore help just ask

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks!

anonymous · Answer

no problem

anonymous · Answer

i got 25.553... and so on. i don't think the formula worked.

anonymous · Answer

@Andrewthehelper ^ ^

anonymous · Answer

ok. lemme study it again. Is there any other pats to the question you didnt tell me?

anonymous · Answer

no. I don't think so.

anonymous · Answer

parts*

anonymous · Answer

ahh

anonymous · Answer

I didnt catch the "Could" in the question

anonymous · Answer

so your saying this is not a congruent triangle?

anonymous · Answer

because if it were a congruent the answer I would choose is 8ft 6in

anonymous · Answer

all sides equal therefore you would have to each have the sides be 22

anonymous · Answer

so your sure its a right triangle?

anonymous · Answer

because if it isn't then theres a new formula

anonymous · Answer

@Andrewthehelper  sorry about the wait. i had guests. Umm. the question does not specify what triangle it is