SOLUTION: How can you determine the triange formed (acute, right, or obtuse) when only given the side lengths. Example--24, 32, 50 (these are the side lengths) What type triangle did it form
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Question 516292: How can you determine the triange formed (acute, right, or obtuse) when only given the side lengths. Example--24, 32, 50 (these are the side lengths) What type triangle did it form. Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Take the squares of the shortest two sides and compare it with the square of the longest side. Here, 24^2 + 32^2 < 50^2, so the triangle is obtuse (you should know which inequality corresponds to which type of triangle -- however, this follows immediately from the law of cosines).
