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Consider these three squares with known area. 3 squares. The smallest square is labeled 25, the next square is 144, and the largest square is 169. Can a right triangle be formed using these squares?

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

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Answer:

The answer is "5, 12, and 13".

Explanation:

Please find the complete question in the attached file.

The right triangle is a triangle with only an angle of 90 degrees, as well as the go in the angle of 90 degrees, which is considered a hypotenuse.

The hypotenuse calculation square is equivalent to both the squared measures of the other two sides:


C^2=A^2+B^2

And even those squares do verify the equation:


169 = 144 + 25

So, it's a rectangular (right) triangle, with sides spanning
5, 12, \ and \ 13.

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