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A triangle has sides with lengths of 60 yards, 80 yards, and 100 yards. Is it a right triangle?

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yes, it's a scaled version of a triangle with side lengths 3, 4 and 5.

by a factor of 20

a triangle with side lengths 3, 4 and 5 is a right triangle and it holds true for a²+b²=c², because 9+16=25

the 3,4,5-triangle is the simplest right triangle to calculate it's numbers seem somehow elegant.

the triangle in your problem is just a bigger version of it (wich means all angles stay the same).

My reasoning is lacking, but I'm sure

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