SOLUTION: The lengths of three sides of a triangle are 4, 7 and 8. Is this triangle a right triangle?

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Question 278459: The lengths of three sides of a triangle are 4, 7 and 8. Is this triangle a right triangle?
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Your triangle is a right triangle if and only if:



Do the arithmetic. If the above is a true statement, then the triangle is a right triangle, otherwise not.

John