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Need help plz will give brainy not sure if i got it right

Need help plz will give brainy not sure if i got it right-example-1
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Answer:

Neither triangle

Explanation:

Define an irrational number that cannot be written as a fraction (denominator of 1 or 0 does are excluded).

Both triangles are good examples of common Pythagorean triples.

The Pythagorean theorem states that for any right triangle, the following is true:


a^2+b^2=c^2, where
a and
b are two legs of the triangle and
c is the hypotenuse.

Using this theorem we can solve for the hypotenuse of both triangles:

Triangle 1:


3^2+4^2=h^2,\\h^2=25,\\h=5\:\text{(rational)}

Triangle 2:


0.5^2+1.2^2=h^2,\\h^2=1.69,\\h=1.3\:\text{(rational)}

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