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A triangle has sides with lengths of 3 kilometers 6 kilometers and 8 kilometers is it a right triangle yes or naww

A triangle has sides with lengths of 3 kilometers 6 kilometers and 8 kilometers is-example-1
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No, it's not a right triangle.

Step-by-step explanation

In right triangles, the hypotenuse is always the longest side - in this case its length is 8 km . Using the Pythagorean theorem we can find if it's a right triangle by adding the squares of the lengh

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