A triangle has sides with lengths of 10 yards, 13 yards, and 18 yards. Is it a right triangle?

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Korbin Hunt

27 March, 15:10

A triangle has sides with lengths of 10 yards, 13 yards, and 18 yards. Is it a right triangle?

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Tessa Jarvis · Answer 1

No

Step-by-step explanation:

By the Pythagorean Theorem, if a triangle is a right triangle then it must have the property that a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where c is the longest side, and a and b are the two shorter sides. In the triangle, it does not satisfy this, so it is not a right triangle.