Your uncle is making you a desk for you to take to college. One side of the desk is 48 inches and the diagonal length is 53.7 inches. What is the length of the other side of the desk?

12 inches

23.8 inches

17.4 inches

24 inches

Question

Your uncle is making you a desk for you to take to college. One side of the desk is 48 inches and the diagonal length is 53.7 inches. What is the length of the other side of the desk?
		
12 inches
		
23.8 inches
		
17.4 inches
		
24 inches

nvidiaintely · Answer

@mhchen @Will.H @Unavailabilityy please help me now :)

nvidiaintely · Answer

Thanks for coming @Unavailabilityy.
idk whats wrong with that MrNood guy, but anyways.
Can you help me with this one?

unavailabilityy · Answer

xD sure lol

nvidiaintely · Answer

Thank you soo much!

nvidiaintely · Answer

@Unavailabilityy, why you stoped typing?

unavailabilityy · Answer

Sorry, my screen is lagging like crazy so I can't really post my answer yet... let me see if I can PM you.

nvidiaintely · Answer

Okay thanks!

unavailabilityy · Answer

Um, is there an image to go with this math problem?

nvidiaintely · Answer

No, unfortunately :(

nvidiaintely · Answer

But we can make one up!

unavailabilityy · Answer

Hmm, okay..

This looks like the Pythagorean Theorem so all you have to do is plug the two given numbers in... 

I got 24 inches... You?

nvidiaintely · Answer

Let me see....................................................................
.............................................................................24 inches.
Yes.

unavailabilityy · Answer

Then we should be correct. Let me know if it is wrong! :P

nvidiaintely · Answer

How do you know when to use the Pythagorean Theorem btw?

unavailabilityy · Answer

No idea lol
I guess you just know  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But remember it always has to do with triangles xD

nvidiaintely · Answer

yeah, thanks!

nvidiaintely · Answer

cya later!

unavailabilityy · Answer

No problem!