82.6k views
0 votes
Can 12,18,30 be a right triangle

User Bing
by
8.0k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

NO.

Explanation:

By the Pythagoras theorem if 30^2 = 12^2 + 18^2 it is a right triangle.

30^2 = 900

12^2 = 144

18^2 = 324

Adding 12^2 + 18^2 = 468 so the answer is no.

User Roman Shamritskiy
by
8.7k points
5 votes

Answer:

no

Explanation:

A set of three integers that can be the lengths of the sides of a right triangle is called a Pythagorean triple. The simplest Pythagorean triple is the set “3, 4, 5.” These numbers are the lengths of the sides of a “3-4-5” Pythagorean right triangle. The list below contains all of the Pythagorean triples in which no number is greater than 50.

3, 4, 5

5, 12, 13 6, 8, 10

7, 24, 25 8, 15, 17 9, 12, 15 9, 40, 41 10, 24, 26 12, 16, 20 12, 35, 37

14, 48, 50 15, 20, 25 15, 36, 39 16, 30, 34 18, 24, 30 20, 21, 29 21, 28, 35 24, 32, 40 27, 36, 45 30, 40, 50

Example Problems

Find the length of the missing side.

13 25 x7

12 x

From the list above, the missing From the list above, the missing side is “5” side is “24”

Show why the set “6,8,10” is a Pythagorean triple.

c2 = a2 + b2 102 =82 +62 100 = 64 + 36 100 = 100

Since the Pythagorean equation is satisfied, the set “6,8,10” is a Pythagorean triple.

User Joe Thomas
by
8.3k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories