document.write( "Question 363497: For each of the following, determine whether the
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document.write( "Do the measures represent sides of a right triangle
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document.write( "Using the Pytahgorean Theorem to verify
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document.write( "Does 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2  Yes
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document.write( "Does 40^2 + 60^2 = 104^2 No\r
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document.write( "*Note: sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle must be 'GREATER' than the third side
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document.write( "option b would not only not represent a right triangle,with sides listed,
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document.write( "option b would not represent 'any' triangle. 100 < 104 \n" );
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