document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=554661>Question 554661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello, for my math test tomorrow we have to be able to classify triangles as obtuse, acute, or right. on the review sheet, we were given a problem that gave us three sides of a triangle: 2, 8, and the square root of 65. is this triangle obtuse or acute?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sqrt(65) is the longest side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the square of the longest side is > than the sum of the squares of the other 2, it's obtuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it's less, it's acute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it's equal, it's a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "65 < (2^2 + 8^2) --> acute </SPAN>\n" );
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