John makes an envelope with paper for his friends birthday. The height of the envelope is 15 centimeters and it is 7 centimeters long across the diagonal . Find the length of the base of the envelope

Shania is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

For a right angled triangle, given two sides and an angle, we can use the sine rule or the various trigonometry identities to solve the triangle;

a/sin A = b/sinB

and

sin (angle) = opposite side/hypotenuse

cos (angle) = adjacent side/hypotenuse

tan (angle) = opposite/ adjacent

assuming a is the opposite side of angle A and b is also opposite of angle B

Otherwise, the only way to solve a triangle given two sides only is by the use of the Pythagoras theorem.

Hence, Shania is correct.