A triangle has side lengths of 3 inches, 7 inches, and inches. Enter values to write an inequality that describes the possible values for , the length of the third side of the triangle

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.