Can a right triangle be formed using these squares

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asked Apr 25, 2019 136k views

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Scott Thiessen · Answer 1 · 2019-04-30T21:23:00+0000

Yes. The two smaller squares have a sum of 169 which is the value of the larger square.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

25 + 144 = 169

It can be done. Notice the figure below shows you how to arrange the squares to give the answer of a^2 + b^2 = c^2