Andre says he can find the length of the third side of triangle ABC and it is 5 units. Mai disagrees and thinks that the side length is unknown. Do you agree with either of them? Show or explain your reasoning. A 3 4.
Andre says he can find the length of the third side of triangle ABC and it is 5 units. Mai disagrees and thinks that the side length is unknown. Do you agree with either of them? Show or explain your reasoning. A 3 4.
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Andre says he can find the length of the third side
of triangle ABC and it is 5 units. Mai disagrees and
thinks that the side length is unknown. Do you agree
with either of them? Show or explain your reasoning.
4
A
3
Choose the most appropriate answer below.
Andre is correct because when solving for BC using the Pythagorean Theorem, BC = 5.
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O Mai is correct because it is unknown whether or not triangle ABC is right and therefore BC cannot be
determined.
Neither are correct because when solving for BC using Pythagorean Theorem, BC = 7.
Mai is incorrect because Pythagorean Theorem can be used on any triangle, not just right triangles
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