3. Determine the missing length in the following triangle. Round to thenearest tenth. (2 points: 1 point for correct answer, 1 point for showingyour work) *1214Your answer

3 Determine the missing length in the following triangle Round to thenearest tenth 2 points 1 point for correct answer 1 point for showingyour work 1214Your ans class=

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7.2

1) Examining the picture, we can assume this is a Right Triangle, and then use the Pythagorean Theorem

a²=b² +c²

14² = 12² +c² The hypotenuse is the larger side a

196=144 +c²

196-144 = c²

52 =c²

√52 =√c²

c= √52

2) Rounding off to the nearest tenth we can write

c= √52 is approximately 7.2