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The sides lenghths of a triangle are 9, 12, and 18 is this a right triangle?​

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By virtue of the Pythagorean Theorem, in a right triangle the sum of the squares of the smaller two sides equals the square of the largest side. Only 9, 12, and 15 fit this rule.

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