Question

How do you use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine if the following three numbers could represent the measures of the sides of a right triangle: 8, 15, 17?

Answer 1

`8^2+15^2=17^2`
and therefore `8, 15, 17` could be the measures of three sides of a right triangle

Explanation:

`17^2=289`

`8^2+15^2 = 64 + 225 = 289`