A triangle has sides with lengths of 8 centimeters, 14 centimeters, and 16 centimeters. Is it a right triangle?

No, the triangle is not a right triangle

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we are asked to determine if the triangle having the lengths given in the question is a right triangle.

To answer this question, we need to take into consideration a very important property of right angle triangles.

The property is that the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two other sides

The hypotenuse is the one with the longest length. Thus, the hypotenuse here is 16 centimeters.

Now let's have the squares!

The square of the hypotenuse is 16 * 16 = 256

Let's sum the squares of the other two sides;

(8 * 8) + (14 * 14) = 64 + 196 = 260

These squares are not equal so we can conclude that the triangle is not a right triangle