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Tell whether the triangle with the given sides lengths is a right triangle

Tell whether the triangle with the given sides lengths is a right triangle-example-1
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If this is a right triangle, then
a^(2)+ b^(2)= c^(2) where c is the hypotenuse which is ALWAYS THE LONGEST SIDE. Our longest side is 5, so we will set up Pythagorean's Theorem to see if the addition of the squares of a and b = the square of c:
(1.4)^(2) +(4.8) ^(2) =(5)^(2). Squaring all of that and adding on the left gives us 25=25. Because this is true, we have proven the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem here and this is a right triangle.
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