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True or False: You can use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine if a triangle is a right triangle or not.

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Definitely true. If the shorter legs of the given triangle are a and b and the longest side is c, then if a^2 + b^2 = c^2, the triangle is a right triangle. Otherwise it is not a right triangle.

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