SOLUTION: In triangle ABC, the length of side AB is 11 inches and the length of side BC is 17 inches. Which of the following could be the length of side AC?

Question 953229: In triangle ABC, the length of side AB is 11 inches and the length of side BC is 17 inches. Which of the following could be the length of side AC?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We'll have to use the Pythagorean Theorem, which is . and are the two sides, while is the hypotenuse.

Let us round to . Thus, the length of AC is 20.25.
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