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Given the side lengths, determine whether the triangle is acute, right, obtuse, or not a triangle: 3,16,17 A. Not a triangle B. Acute C. Right D, Obtuse

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Answer: B. Acute

Explanation:

It cannot be right, because when doing the Pythagorean test it does not work, and it cannot be obtuse because (3)^2+(16)^2 isn’t greater than (17)^2, so this means it has to be acute.

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