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HELP NEEDED‼️Use the slopes of the sides of the triangle to prove that the triangle is a right triangle. Show your work

HELP NEEDED‼️Use the slopes of the sides of the triangle to prove that the triangle-example-1

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Answer:

Explanation:

Find the distance of all 3 lines

using the distance formula


√((x2-x1)+(y2-y1))

(1,6) and (1,1) distance

5

(1,1) and (4,1) distance

3

(1,6) and (4,1) distance


√(34)

pythogorean theroem

a2 + b2 = c2

5^2 + 3^2 = 34


√(34)^2 = 34

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