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i need to determine whether the following side measures form right triangles.


2,2, and the square root of 8

Answer
There once was a man amed Pythagoras who gave us the appropriate theorem.
It states that if we have a right triangle with sides a and b, and a hypoteneuse c,
then a² + b² = c².

Now 2² = 4, 2² = 4, and √8² = 8, so does 4 + 4 = 8?

If so, it is a right triangle.

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