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Is a triangle with vertices G(3, 2), H(8, 5), and K(0, 10) a right triangle? Justify your answer.

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First you need to ubicate those vertices in a plane as follow:

Then you link the vertices with lines to form the triangle:

Knowing that a right triangle must have one angle of 90º

The answer is that yes, it is a right triangle because it has an angle of 90º in the vertice H(8,5)

Is a triangle with vertices G(3, 2), H(8, 5), and K(0, 10) a right triangle? Justify-example-1
Is a triangle with vertices G(3, 2), H(8, 5), and K(0, 10) a right triangle? Justify-example-2
Is a triangle with vertices G(3, 2), H(8, 5), and K(0, 10) a right triangle? Justify-example-3
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