SOLUTION: Terri wants to make a triangle on her driveway with one side 8ft, one side 17 ft, and one side 8ft. Write an indirect proof to show that Terri’s design is not possible. So far I ha
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Question 814199: Terri wants to make a triangle on her driveway with one side 8ft, one side 17 ft, and one side 8ft. Write an indirect proof to show that Terri’s design is not possible. So far I have that she can't make a RIGHT triangle because of the Pythagorean theorem because a^2 +b^2 = c^2 and 64 + 289 =/= 64, but I'm not sure how to prove it wouldn't work for other types of triangles. Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
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The sum of any two sides of a triangle must be more than the third side.
8+8=16 which is less than 17
BTW The hypotenuse is the largest side of a right triangle
So your right triangle should have been
8^2+8^2=17^2
