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Carlos calculated the missing side length of one of these triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem. Which triangle is it?

Four triangles A, B, C, D are shown from left to right. Triangle A has a side labeled as 2 and another side labeled as 3, and the included right angle is shown. Triangle B has one side labeled as 3 and the other as 6 and the included obtuse angle is shown. Triangle C has one side labeled as 2 and the other also as 2 and the included acute angle is shown. Triangle D has one side labeled as 4 and the other as 3, and the included obtuse angle is shown.

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B
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D

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It is A  because the Pythagoras theorem is only applicable to a right angled triang
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