SOLUTION: Please help. If the sides of a triangle are 40cm, 60cm, 104cm, is this a right triangle? Why or why not?

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If the sides of a triangle are 40cm, 60cm, 104cm, is this a right triangle? Why or why not?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Right triangle sides follow the relation outlined by the Pythagorean theorem,

where A, B are the shorter sides, and H is the hypotenuse (the long side).
Calculate it out to see if this relation holds.

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