Aright triangle has side lengths 4 units, 5 units, and x units. it is unknown if the missing length is the longest or shortest side. rounded to the nearest tenth, what is the difference between the possible values of x?

Answer is 3.4 units on edg.

Step-by-step explanation:

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,