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16-06-2016
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A triangle has sides of lengths 8, 15, and 17. Is it a right triangle? Explain.

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16-06-2016

just you need to prove that these numbers 8,15 and 17 are pythagora's numbers (triplet)

17^2 = 15^2 +8^2

289 = 225 +64

289 = 289

so from this result that this triangle is a right triangle sure

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