document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478126>Question 478126</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How can I tell if a set of numbers could represent the length of sides of a right triangle? For example, how could I figure out if (2, 3, & 6) could represent the length of sides of a right triangle?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #327619 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=327619\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it is a right triangle by Pythagoras theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2 +leg2^2=hypotenuse ^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hypotenuse is the greatest side in a right triangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2,3,6 are the sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so CHECK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2^2+3^2=6^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4+9 = 36 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 =36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence it is not a right triangle </SPAN>\n" );
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