Question

Mrs. Gomez is buying a triangular table for the corner of her classroom. The side lengths of the table are 5 feet, 3 feet, and 2 feet

Is this a triangular table a right triangle?

Answer 1

The answer is A no, becuase I’m order to find out if it’s a right angle u must multiply and add 2x2 = 4 and 3x3= 9 those numbers together equal 13 and 5x5 =25. 13 does not equal 25 therefore it is not a right triangle

Answer 2

The answer to your problem is, D. Yes, because 2 + 3 = 5.

Explanation:

Refer to the converse of the pythagorean theorem. We need to have both sides equal to each other to have a right triangle.

So we need to have:

`a^(2) + b^(2) = c^(2)`

We would need to fill out the problem and replace A, B, and C. Which leads to either being B or D

The longest side is the hypotenuse and the value of c.

Thus the answer to our problem is, D. Yes, because 2 + 3 = 5