Answer:
No, the correct answer is (c) 10 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
Triangles are always 1/2 the area of recatngles and to find the missing side of a rectangle, you just need to divide the area by known side.
Apply this knowledge to triangles:
First, I wanted to find the length of PR so that I can use the formula to find QR, so I just doubled the area of the triangle (24 -> 48) and divided it by QP (8) to get 6 for PR.
(I can do this because those 2 sides are the same size whether the shape is a triangle or a rectangle)
Now that we know the lengths of the 2 sides, plly it to -->
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--> C=10
This means that the hypotenuse (QR or C) equals 10