Question

On scrap paper, determine if the triangle with the following vertices is a right triangle.

A(-3, 5), B(1, 4), and C(-1, 0).

in the box below, tell whether or not the triangle is a right triangle. Explain how you arrived at your answer.

Answer 1

not a right triangle

Explanation:

The slope of AB is -1/4; the slope of BC is 2. These are not negative reciprocals of one another.