SOLUTION: I am trying to help my son with his homework and am lost.
The Pytha gorean Theorem
The question is: Do the following lengths form a right angle?
We then have a triangle with a
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The Pytha gorean Theorem
The question is: Do the following lengths form a right angle?
We then have a triangle with a
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Question 419427: I am trying to help my son with his homework and am lost.
The Pytha gorean Theorem
The question is: Do the following lengths form a right angle?
We then have a triangle with a base of 9, the left side is 6 and the right side is 8.
Where do I even begin?
Thank you for your assistance. Found 2 solutions by duckness73, stanbon:Answer by duckness73(47) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If you have a right triangle, the longest side MUST be the hypotenuse (that is, the side opposite the right angle). In this case, if the triangle you have specified is a right triangle, then the side with the length of 9 MUST be the hypotenuse.
The Pythagorean Theorem states that where c is the length of the hypotenuse and a & b represent the lengths of the other two sides. So, if the lengths that you have in the problems fit into the formula, the triangle is a right triangle. Let's see if that is the case:
The length of the hypotenuse is 9 and = 81 which is NOT 100.
Therefore the triangle is NOT a right triangle.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The question is: Do the following lengths form a right angle?
We then have a triangle
with a base of 9,
the left side is 6 and
the right side is 8
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Pythagoras says
the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle
equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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If your triangle is a right triangle,
9^2 = 6^2 + 8^2
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81 = 36 + 64
81 = 100
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That is not true, so you do not
have a right triangle.
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Thanks for helping.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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