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Okay okay heres my question.

Which set of side lengths can be a right triangle?
a- 5, 5, 10
b- 18, 80, 82
c- 19, 23, 21
d- 26, 10, 24

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B. b- 18, 80, 82

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B. 18, 80, 82

In this case, the length of the longest side (the hypotenuse) is 82. Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can see that 18² + 80² = 6564, and 82² = 6724. Therefore, this set of side lengths can form a right triangle

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