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Radical Expressions: Pythagorean Theorem
Your Turn! Check for Right Triangles
Determine whether the following side measures
Pythagorean Triples form a right triangle: 33, 44, 55.
What is the area of triangle RST? A. right triangle
S B. not a right triangle
A. 764 units 2 C. cannot be determined
B. 480 units 2 40
C. 420 units 2
D. 384 units 2 Answer
R 24 T
Answer
Determine whether the following side measures
form a right triangle: 15, 12, 24.
A. right triangle
B. not a right triangle
C. cannot be determined
Answer
Skill Practice! Find the length of each missing side. If necessary,
round to the nearest hundredth.
a
1. c 21 2. 15 3. 34 16
39
72 b
155
