Question

Which of the following shows the length of the third side, in inches, of the triangle below?

A right triangle is shown. One side of the triangle is labeled shown as 97 inches. The height of the triangle is labeled as 65 inches.

Square root of 32
72
Square root of 13634
16

Answer 1

The side of the triangles width is 72 inches

Answer 2

97^2 = 65^2 +x^2

9409 = 4225 +x^2

9409 -4225 = 5184

Sqrt(5184) = 72

length of missing side = 72 inches