SOLUTION: Given a triangle with x, y and z. x=12 and z=15 what is y?
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Question 322692: Given a triangle with x, y and z. x=12 and z=15 what is y?
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Answer by QH(50) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean Theorem
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is no way to tell other than to say that 
because of the triangle inequality. Had you qualified the triangle as a right triangle and had you identified which of 
, 
, or 
was the hypotenuse, or had you given the measure of one of the angles of the triangle, then someone could have given you a specific answer.
John
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