document.write( "Question 796496: Side lengths are 16, 48, and 50. Is this a right triangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #481424 by Edwin McCravy(20081)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Let's find out. If so, the Pythagorean theorm will hold \r\n" );
document.write( "So we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( " 16² + 48² ≟ 50²\r\n" );
document.write( "256 + 2304 ≟ 2500\r\n" );
document.write( "      2560 ≟ 2500\r\n" );
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document.write( "Nope, not quite!  Drawn to scale it looks like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That angle at the top looks like a 90° angle but it's only\r\n" );
document.write( "about 88°, just a couple of degrees short.\r\n" );
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