Which set of line segments with the given lengths can be formed into a right triangle?

five, six, eleven

five, nine, ten

five, thirteen, eighteen

five, twelve, thirteen

Question

Which set of line segments with the given lengths can be formed into a right triangle?

five, six, eleven

five, nine, ten

five, thirteen, eighteen

five, twelve, thirteen

anonymous · Answer

you would have to try them all out using the pythagorean theorem

anonymous · Answer

and see, which one gives you a reasonable answer

anonymous · Answer

my brother and i used that but we got different answers would you try to solve it?

anonymous · Answer

25 + 36 = 121 ?
25 + 81 = 100 ?
25 + 169 = 324 ?
25 + 144 = 169 ?  Yes!

anonymous · Answer

i just worked it out, and i also got d!

hero · Answer

There's a much easier way of course. You don't need to use pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean Theorem doesn't always work for this.