document.write( "Question 516292: How can you determine the triange formed (acute, right, or obtuse) when only given the side lengths. Example--24, 32, 50 (these are the side lengths) What type triangle did it form. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #344325 by richard1234(7193) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Take the squares of the shortest two sides and compare it with the square of the longest side. Here, 24^2 + 32^2 < 50^2, so the triangle is obtuse (you should know which inequality corresponds to which type of triangle -- however, this follows immediately from the law of cosines). \n" ); document.write( "

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