SOLUTION: how do you find the third side of a triangle, side a) is 22.4 and side b) is16.8?

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Question 349690: how do you find the third side of a triangle, side a) is 22.4 and side b) is16.8?

Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, vleith:
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is it a right triangle?
If so use the Pythagorean theorem.


Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Without more information (at least one angle) you cannot say what the third side is other than it must be less than 22.4+16.8
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