1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
nikitadnepr [17]
3 years ago
9

The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are 12 inches and 15 inches. What is the difference between the two possible length

s of the third side of the triangle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Mathematics
1 answer:
ipn [44]3 years ago
5 0
The problem is using a right triangle, it means we can use the Pythagorean theorem in solving the problem. We have two possible measurements for the third side.
First length, when the third side is the hypotenuse:
x ² = 15² + 12²
x = 19.21

Second possible length, when the third leg is either an adjacent or base side:
15² = x² + 12² 
x = 9

Therefore, the difference between the two possible answers are shown below:
Difference = 19.21 - 9 = 10.21
You might be interested in
I SPENT 50 POINTS ON THIS, PLEASE HELP
Anestetic [448]

In the figure, we can consider that the base is the side that mesures 12 in and that the height is the side that measures 15 in, since that sides are perpendicular. So, we just need to use the given formula:

A = \dfrac{bh}{2}\Longrightarrow A = \dfrac{12\cdot15}{2}\Longrightarrow A=6\cdot15\Longrightarrow \boxed{A = 90~\text{in}^2}

Hence, the area of the triangle is 90 in² (B).

5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Please help me this is very important:
zubka84 [21]
Is this for English it makes no sense at all if anything it should be for math dose not make sense at all........................................................................................................................................
8 0
3 years ago
Linda commutes a total of 54 miles to and from work every day. She needs a new car, and good gas mileage is important to her. Sh
joja [24]

Answer:

she would save 1.1 extra gallons

Step-by-step explanation:

54 miles to work

30 miles a gallon so 1.8 gallons to get to work

27 miles a gallon so 2 gallons to get to work

30 miles car saves 5.4 miles more each day she drives to work

5.4 X  5 = 27 extra miles so 1.1 gallons she would be saving each work week

5 0
3 years ago
Last year, a toy company made $14,476,375 from sales of a stuffed animal pillow.
Troyanec [42]
The answer would be 14,000,000.00 
8 0
3 years ago
Does anyone know where he got the 32pie from?
Tems11 [23]
That might be the diameter of the circle
3 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • A bag contains 4 red marbles and 5 blue marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble and then, without r
    11·1 answer
  • The slope of the line containing the points (-5, 3) and (-2, 1) is
    14·1 answer
  • How many ways can 7 books be arranged on a shelf 5 at a time?
    15·1 answer
  • Evaluate <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7Bx%7D%7By%7D%20%20for%20x%20%3D%20%20%5Cfrac%7B2%7D%7B3%7D%20and%20y%20%3D%2
    6·1 answer
  • Audrey is buying a new car for 32,998 she plans to make a down payment of 4200 if she’s to make monthly payments of 525 for the
    7·2 answers
  • Plz find the iii (3).plz plz plz
    13·1 answer
  • Please only responded if you can help
    12·2 answers
  • The scale on Chelsea's map is 1 inch equals 35 miles. If the distance between two cities on the map is 4 inches, how many miles
    11·1 answer
  • An equation is shown
    9·1 answer
  • Fill in the blanks below to solve this equation for x. +6 = 9​
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!