SOLUTION: Determine whether a triangle with sides of 3 miles, 6 miles, and 8 miles is a right triangle. Explain.
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Question 259638: Determine whether a triangle with sides of 3 miles, 6 miles, and 8 miles is a right triangle. Explain.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem, which holds for all right triangles,
The statement is clearly false so this triangle is not a right triangle.
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