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Please help with these math problems. Please don't just do it for points I really need helpp

Please help with these math problems. Please don't just do it for points I really-example-1
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Answer:

Disclaimer: I'm not sure because the numbers are too blurry. If my numbers don't match yours, just replace them in my work and recalculate them.

1) not tangent

2) tangent

3) not tangent

Explanation:

If they are tangent, the triangles formed will be right triangles.

Check using the Pythagorean theorem:

1) 18² = 14.4² + 11.7²

324 = 207.36 + 136.89

324 ≠344.25 not tangent

2) 7.5² = 4.5² + 6²

56.25 = 20.25 + 36

56.25 = 56.25 tangent

3) 20² = 12² + 12²

400 = 144 + 144

400 ≠ 288 not tangent

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