Question

Amanda is building a soft triangular kennel for her dog. She has four wooden planks of lengths 2 feet, 3 feet, 5 feet, and 6 feet. Determine which planks Amanda should use to build the triangular-shaped kennel. Enter the lengths from least to greatest.

Answer 1

Answer:

3 ft, 5ft, 6ft

Step-by-step explanation:

To build a kennel of my dog, I would try to make it the largest possible with what I have.

So, I would go with the 3 longest planks: 3ft, 5ft and 6ft.

By looking at the length, I see I could make something very close to a right triangle since I could use the 6ft as an hypotenuse, and have the two other sides as 3ft and 5 ft  (6² is almost 3²+5², which equal 34).

That means my corner angle would be slightly over 90 degrees.