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The measures of three sides of a triangle are 7 inches, 9 inches and 2 inches. Determine whether the triangle is a right triangle.

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Use pythagorean theorem.
2^2 + 7^2 should equal 9^2 (81), but instead equals 53, therefore, the triangle is not a right angle.

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