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Please help!!!

Can you use Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side of this triangle? Why or why not?

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Please help!!! Can you use Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side of this triangle-example-1
User Sash Sinha
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Answer:

NO

Because pythagorean Theorem is used to find the missing side in the triangle if the other sides are there

User LogicalAnt
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Answer:

No, Pythagorean Theorem can't be used here for finding the missing sides of the triangle.

Because Pythagorean Theorem is used in triangles having one of its sides right angled but here in the diagram non of the sides of the triangle are right angled .

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