ashxley
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  • 26-03-2017
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can a triangle with side lengths of 8, 15, and 17 be a right triangle?

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Аноним Аноним
  • 26-03-2017
Yes it is. 
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zexius
zexius zexius
  • 26-03-2017
Yes, it can. You can work this out by using Pythagoras' theorem (a² + b² = c²).

Add up the squares of the two smaller numbers (8² + 15²) = 289

Square root the sum of the two squares and see if it matches the bigger number. (√289) = 17.

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