Question

Summer said that it didn’t matter which sides of a right triangle were a, b, and c. Is she correct?

Answer 1

No. a and b are the legs of a triangle and c is always the hypotenuse

Answer 2

c will always be the hypotenuse which is the diagonal line and a and b will be the line either horizontal or vertical

Answer 3

well you could use any variable, BUT to satisfy the equation
\[a ^{2}+b ^{2}=c ^{2}\]
yes, c needs to be the hypotenuse.