A triangle has sides with lengths of 47 kilometers, 54 kilometers, and 75 kilometers. Is it a right triangle?
1 Answer
Jun 7, 2018
Explanation:
#"using the "color(blue)"converse of Pythagoras' theorem"#
#"if the triangle is right then"#
#"square on longest side "=" sum of square of other sides"#
#75^2=5625larrcolor(blue)"longest side"#
#47^2+54^2=5125#
#"since "5625!=5125" not a right triangle"#
