SOLUTION: a=5.6, b=11.2, c=13, do the side lengths form a right triangle?

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Question 989946: a=5.6, b=11.2, c=13, do the side lengths form a right triangle?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a^2 + b^2 ? c^2
5.6^2 + 11.2^2 ? 13^2
156.8 ? 169

a^2 + b^2 < c^2

This is an acute triangle.

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