The european union encourages companies to abandon national boundaries and offer the same products to all of the member countries. allianz, germany's largest insurance group, is considering converting from a german company to a european company. if it makes this decision rationally, it will first

17 in.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the two sides (other than the hypotenuse) are given as

a = 15 in

b = 8 in

Using Pythagorean Theorem, we can calculate the length of the hypotenuse as

Taking square-root on both sides, we get

c = 17 in.

Hence, the frame-maker would read the measurement as 17 in on the yardstick.