Question

which three numbers make a right triangle the square root of 4 the square root of 5 the square root of 9 + square root of 6 the square root of 7 square root of 8

Answer 1

Please, group your sets of numbers, using { } notation or at least semicolons ( ; ). Thanks.

Looking at what I think is your first set: { sqrt(4), sqrt(5), sqrt(16) }

Square each of these and then subst. the results into the Pythagorean Theorem:

{ 4, 5, 16 } Do 4 and 5 when added together result in 16? NO.
Therefore, { sqrt(4), sqrt(5), sqrt(16) } does not produce a right triangle.

Your turn. Pick out the next 3 numbers and test them using the Pyth. Thm.