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A triangle has side lengths of 16, 63, and 68. Is it a right triangle? Need an explanation please.

A triangle has side lengths of 16, 63, and 68. Is it a right triangle? Need an explanation-example-1
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No, this particular triangle is not a right triangle. See my reasoning, below:

Explanation:

We must determine whether the Pythagorean Theorem is satisfied here. Does the sum of the squares of the shorter two sides equal the square of the longest side? Symbolically, does 16^2 + 63^ = 68^2? Does 256 + 3969 = 4624? No.


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