SOLUTION: The sides of a triangle have lengths 9,13 and k, where k is an integer. For how many values of "k" is the triangle obtuse?
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Question 703831: The sides of a triangle have lengths 9,13 and k, where k is an integer. For how many values of "k" is the triangle obtuse? Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A triangle is obtuse if - in other words if the square of the longest side is larger than the sum of the squares of the smaller two sides.
In this case ---> --->
There are an infinite number of solutions to that equation.
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