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Beyunka is creating a diagram to prove that a certain triangle is a right triangle. In her diagram, she uses three white quadrilaterals that are squares. Which diagram could be the one that beyunka is creating ?

Beyunka is creating a diagram to prove that a certain triangle is a right triangle-example-1
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In a right triangle the hypotenusa squared is equal to the sum of the legs squared (Pythagoras theorem)


c^2=a^2+b^2

Then, the leg b can be writen also as:


\begin{gathered} b^2=c^2-a^2 \\ b=\sqrt[]{c^2-a^2} \end{gathered}Then, the correct answer is the option D
Beyunka is creating a diagram to prove that a certain triangle is a right triangle-example-1
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