SOLUTION: Explain how to determine what type of triangle is created if you are given three sides. How can you tell if it is an acute triangle how can you tell if it is an right triangle how

Question 1069315: Explain how to determine what type of triangle is created if you are given three sides. How can you tell if it is an acute triangle how can you tell if it is an right triangle how can you tell if it is an abtuse triangle
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Make the longest side c and the other two a and b, and it doesn't matter which is a and which is b.
if c^2 < a^2+b^2, then it is an acute triangle.
If c^2> a^2+b^2, then it is an obtuse triangle.
If c^2=a^2+b^2, then it is a right triangle.
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