Question

A student has four sticks of wood that measure 12 inches, 15 inches,18 inches and 30 inches can the student use three of these to make a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 30 inches explain your answer

Answer 1

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Answer:

No

Explanation:

If the hypotenuse is to be 30, then the other sticks that must be used are 15 and 18. The 12-inch stick is too short to form a triangle with either of the others and 30.

Sides 15 and 18 are not long enough to make the triangle be a right triangle. The attachment shows a right triangle with sides 15 and 30. The remaining side must be longer than 18.

A right triangle cannot be formed from the given sticks.