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User Zecuria
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Explanation:

Find the missing third side

perimeter 8 + 5 + x = 22

x = 9 <==== third side

IF this is a right triangle the hypotenuse = 9 and the Pythagorean theorem

will apply

hypotenuse ^2 = leg1^2 + leg2^2

9^2 = 8^2 + 5 ^2 ???? true?

81 = 64 + 25 ?? False.... this is NOT a right triangle

User Sean Kimball
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