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Determine if the measures create aight triangle.13m5m12m

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use the pythagorean theorem to see if the measurements create a right trinangle.

remember the addition of the squared shorter sides must be equal to the largest side squared


a^2+b^2=c^2
5^2+12^2=13^2
\begin{gathered} 5^2+12^2=169 \\ 13^2=169 \\ \\ 169=169 \end{gathered}

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