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Is this triangle a right triangle?

Is this triangle a right triangle?-example-1
User Razafinr
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you can get help from Pythagoras theorem :

{x}^(2) = {2}^(2) + {3}^(2) \\ {x}^(2) = 4 + 9 = 13 \\ x = √(13)
it's not a right triangle
User Amal Vijayan
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no it is not

2^2 = 4
3^2 = 9
4^2 = 16

9+4 = 13
13 does not = 16
User Brinsley
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