Question

The lengths of 2 sides of a right triangle are 5 inches and 8 inches. What is the differnce between the 2 possible lengths of the third side of the triangle? Round your answer to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

The third side must have length greater than 3.
Its maximum length would have to be  less that 13 inches.

So the difference is  < 13 -3  = < 10