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HELPPPP MEEEEEEEE ! Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers an...
5 months ago
Q:
HELPPPP MEEEEEEEE ! Can you have a right triangle where the lengths of the legs are whole numbers and the length of the hypotenuse is 23? Explain.
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A:
no, u cant
a^2 + b^2 = c^2.....pythagorean theorem used on only right triangles...where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse
a^2 + b^2 = 23^2
a^2 + b^2 = 529...so u would have to find 2 square numbers that add up to 529. There aren't any.