Question

The side of the clip on a clip board appears to be a right triangle. The

leg lengths are 2 millimeters and 2.1 millimeters and the hypotenuse
is 2.9 millimeters. Is the side of the clip a right triangle?

Answer 1

Yes, this is a right triangle.

Explanation:

For this, you would use the Pythagorean theorem a^2 + b^2=c^2

Here we have 2^2+2.1^2=2.9^2

So we must check to see if that checks out. What we find is that both sides are equal to 8.41 which means we have a right triangle.

Answer 2

Yes, it is a right triangle.

Explanation: