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a geographer combined three squares at their vertices to create the figure shown in the right. based on the diagram, which statement is true?​

a geographer combined three squares at their vertices to create the figure shown in-example-1
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Answer:

B. Area C is the sum of the areas of A and B

Explanation:

This is an illustration of the Pythagorean theorem. The number of squares in C (25) is the total of the numbers of squares in A (16) and B (9).

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