Question

The marketing team at a new electronics company is designing a logo that contains a circle and a triangle. On one design, the triangle's side lengths are 4 in., 7.5 in., and 8.5 in. Is the triangle a right triangle?

Select your answer and complete the explanation.


, it a right triangle.

42 + 7.52 = , 8.52 = 72.25, and 72.25.

Answer 1

It is a right triangle. I'm not sure how else the question is asked to be completed.

Explanation:

You can use the Pythagorean theorem to check if a triangle is a right triangle.

8.5 is the biggest number so if it is a right triangle it would be the hypotenuse. So that is how we'll set it up.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

4^2 + 7.5^2 = 8.5^2

16 + 56.25 = 72.5

72.25 = 72.25

Since it works out then the triangle is a right triangle.