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Summer looked at the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem, a2 + b2 = c2, she said that it didn’t matter which sides of a right triangle were a, b, and c. Is she correct?

User Deykun
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Answer:

No, a and b are interchangable, and c is the longest side.

Explanation:

User Don Wakefield
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she is not correct because mixing the legs won't affect but mixing them with the hypotenuse would affect a lot.
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