SOLUTION: Could 10, 15, and 20 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!

Question 176787: Could 10, 15, and 20 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 jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The same scenario, by Pythagorean Theorem:
where-------->
Then,

. Does not satisfy the Theorem. Therefore, the Sides cannot represent on that of a Right Triangle.
Thank you,
Jojo
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