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Determine whether the triangle with the given side lengths is acute,

right, obtuse or not a triangle 3,8,15

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Answer:

Explanation:

Not a triangle, because the leg lengths 8 and 3 add up to 11, not to 15.

The sum of the leg lengths must be greater than the length of the 3rd side for a triangle to exist.

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