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Determine the symbol that will complete this damment that would be used in order to determine whether angle pee is a right triangle. Is the correct answer ABC or D?

Determine the symbol that will complete this damment that would be used in order to-example-1
User Abhijeet Gulve
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In order to determine whether P is a right angle, we will apply the Pytyhagoras theorem.

The formula is,


\text{Hypotenuse}^2=Opposite^2+Adjacent^2

where,


\begin{gathered} Hypotenuse=QR=29inches \\ \text{Opposite}=PR=21\text{inches} \\ \text{Adjacent}=PQ=20\text{inches} \end{gathered}

Therefore,


29^2=21^2+20^2

Simplify


\begin{gathered} 841=400+441 \\ 841=841 \end{gathered}

Hence, the correct answer is


20^2+21^2=29^2\text{ (OPTION 4)}

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