document.write( "Question 322692: Given a triangle with x, y and z. x=12 and z=15 what is y? \n" ); document.write( "

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because of the triangle inequality. Had you qualified the triangle as a right triangle and had you identified which of

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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.\r
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