Question

- Meagan puts three flowering plants in a garden bed. Plant 1 and Plant 2 are 6 inches apart Plant 2 and Plant 3 are 10 inches apart Plant 1 and Plant 3 are 13 inches apart Did Meagan place the plants in a right triangle shape? Why or why notp?​

Answer 1

No

Explanation:

They can't be in a straight line because 6+10 (the distance between plants 1 and 2 and plants 2 and 3) is more than 13 which is the distance from plant 1 to plant 3. This means plant 3 can't be in line with 1 and 2 which will give a triangular shape. If we check Pythagorean theorem we get 6^2 + 10^2 = 13^2 ( the longest side has to be the hypotenuse) . Since this isn't a true statement it can't be a right triangle.