SOLUTION: If a triangle has side lengths of 7 inches, 24 inches, and 25 inches, is it a right triangle? Why is it a right triangle and what is the step by step formula i must use?

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Question 718333: If a triangle has side lengths of 7 inches, 24 inches, and 25 inches, is it a right triangle? Why is it a right triangle and what is the step by step formula i must use?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
All that it needs to be proven a right triangle is
that the Pythagorean-theorem must be true
The square of the longest side must be equal to
the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides.



Yes, it is a right triangle

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