SOLUTION: Could 9, 12, and 15 represent the lengths of sides of a right triangle? Justify your answer.
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Question 176786: Could 9, 12, and 15 represent the lengths of sides of a right triangle? Justify your answer.
hope i made it clear enough for you to understand;
Thanks for your help!
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for a right triangle we know that sum of each side squared= hypothenuse squared
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so if this is a right triangle this should hold true
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we know that the longest side is the hypothenuse
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since this statement is true
we can conclude that this is a right triangle
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