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True or false a triangle with sides measure 35, 24 m, 16 m is a right triangle

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If the triangle is right angled then the sides should form a Pythagorean triple.

That is the square of the biggest should be equal to the sum of the squares of the other two.

Otherwise it is not a right angled triangle.

So we test


35^2=1225\\e832=24^2+16^2

Hence the answer is false

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