144 is a square of 12
Hope this helps!
Note that if

, then

, and so we can collapse the system of ODEs into a linear ODE:


which is a pretty standard linear ODE with constant coefficients. We have characteristic equation

so that the characteristic solution is

Now let's suppose the particular solution is

. Then

and so

Thus the general solution for

is

and you can find the solution

by simply differentiating

.
I have geometry to but i didn’t get to that yet sorry
We could use the Pythagorean theorem for this kind of problem I think:
A^2 + B^2 = C^2
6^2 + 16^2 = C^2
36 + 256 = C^2
292 = C^2
17.08 = C
C = 17.1 to the nearest tenth
Sorry if it’s wrong and glad I could help if it’s right ❤️❤️ Take care!