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Is the triangle with leg lengths of 8 mm and 8 mm and a hypotenuse of length 12 mm a right triangle?
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Is the triangle with leg lengths of 8 mm and 8 mm and a hypotenuse of length 12 mm a right triangle?

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Answer:

No

Explanation:

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to check on this.

Does 8^2 + 8^2 = 12^2? Does 64 + 64 = 144? NO. So this is not a right triangle.

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