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Martin drew a triangle. Its sides were

3

cm

3 cm3, start text, space, c, m, end text,

4

cm

4 cm4, start text, space, c, m, end text, and

5

cm

5 cm5, start text, space, c, m, end text.

It has one right angle and two acute angles.

User Corgrath
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Answer:

It is a right triangle

Explanation:

Complete question

Martin drew a triangle. Its sides were 3\text{ cm}3 cm3, start text, space, c, m, end text, 4\text{ cm}4 cm4, start text, space, c, m, end text, and 5\text{ cm}5 cm5, start text, space, c, m, end text. It has one right angle and two acute angles. Complete the sentence to describe the triangle Martin drew. Martin's triangle is ----- and ------ .

First you must know that for a triangle to be right angled, the square of the largest side must be equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides

Given

Largest side c = 5

Other sides a = 3 and b=4

Square of largest side c² =5²=25

Sun of the squares of other two sides = a²+b²

Sum of the squares of other two sides =3²+4²

Sum of the squares of other two sides = 9+16 =25

Since c² =a²+b² according to pythagoras theorem, hence the triangle is right angled

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