Question 267232
What we have is Pythagorean theorem or
{{{a^2 + b^2 = c^2}}}from above, we have
{{{12^2 + b^2 = 17^2}}}
squaring 12 and 17 we get
{{{144 + b^2 = 289}}}
subtracting 144 we get
{{{b^2 = 145}}}
by square roots we get
{{{b = 12.04}}}
this rounds to 12 inches