document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=286259>Question 286259</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The three sides of a triangle are 7, 24, and 30 units long. Is the triangle acute, right or obtuse? You must support your answer with computations. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ObtuseTriangle.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let a = 7, b = 24 and c = 30.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 = 49, b^2 = 624 and c^2 = 900\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the triangle is a right triangle then a^2 + b^2 = c^2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since 7^2 + 24^2 is not equal to 30^2 it's not a right triangle. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 7^2 + 24^2 is less than 30^2 the triangle is obtuse </SPAN>\n" );
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