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Which side lengths form a right triangle?

Which side lengths form a right triangle?-example-1
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If you get a true statement when you simplify, then you do indeed have a right triangle! If you get a false statement, then you can be sure that your triangle is not a right triangle. Check out this tutorial and learn how use the Pythagorean theorem to see if a triangle is a right triangle!
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because

{1}^(2) + {8}^(2) = {( √(65)) }^(2)
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