WILL MARK BRAINLIEST!

Jayden and Sheridan both tried to find the missing side of the right triangle.


Is either of them correct? Explain your reasoning.

WILL MARK BRAINLIEST Jayden and Sheridan both tried to find the missing side of the right triangle Is either of them correct Explain your reasoning class=

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Sheridan is correct!

Answer:Sheridan is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Sheridan is correct because unlike Jayden he knows that the hypotenuse is the longest side of a right-angled triangle he knows it's the side opposite of the right angle, so he knows that 13 cm would be he's hypotenuse and that 7 cm would be one of his legs and that he had to solve for the other leg, so he got the right equation being 72 + b2 = 132  While Jayden took hypotenuse and thought it was one of his legs, so he solved for the hypotenuse, and he got the equation 72 + 132 = c2 Which is wrong because we already have the hypotenuse and one of the legs we just have to solve for the other leg.