Susan was carrying a pitcher that contained 2/3 of a gallon of lemonade to the table for lunch. She slipped and spilled 1/4 of the lemonade in the pitcher. What fraction of a gallon of lemonade did she spill?

if x = 1, then the answer is 3.5

step-by-step explanation:

no, her answer is not correct.   we square the lengths of all sides and then determine whether the pythagorean theorem holds here:

9² + 15² = 306.   this is not equal to the square of the longest side ( that square being 395.   answer c is correct.