Question

Select the side measures that would create a right triangle. √34
√89
5
8

Answer 1

The correct answer is 5 and 8. A right triangle has two sides whose lengths are the square root of two consecutive integers and one side whose length is the difference between those two integers. In this case, the two consecutive integers are 34 and 35. This means that the side lengths of the right triangle would be √34 and √35, or 5 and 8.