Question

20 mile bike pass is in the shape of a triangle done road, 6 miles and 8 miles on the two sides. How long is the third side of the path

Answer 1

To find the length of the third side of the triangle, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

In this case, the two sides are 6 miles and 8 miles, so we have:

(6)^2 + (8)^2 = c^2
36 + 64 = c^2
100 = c^2

Taking the square root of both sides, we get:

c = 10

Therefore, the length of the third side of the triangle is 10 miles.