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Question 362887: determine whether a triangle with sides of 3 miles, miles, and 8 miles is a right triangle. Explain .
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need to use the Pythagorean theorem but you are missing one of your triangle lengths.
Please re-post.

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