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OpenStudy (ayee_ciera):

A triangle has side lengths of 15, 20, and 25. What type of triangle is it?

OpenStudy (ganpat):

What are different types of triangles ?

OpenStudy (ayee_ciera):

right acute equiangular obtuse

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

after you answer Ganpat, draw a picture of yours.

OpenStudy (uri):

@ayee_ciera What do you think?

OpenStudy (ayee_ciera):

i was thinking it was and equiangular

OpenStudy (ganpat):

|dw:1418742788325:dw| try a2 + b2 = c2

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

so can you draw a picture?

OpenStudy (ganpat):

equilateral triangle has equal sides and angles.. soo it is definitely not an equilateral triangle as sides are different.. rt ?

OpenStudy (ayee_ciera):

okay so i got c=25

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

Well, yes the hypotenuse is 25

OpenStudy (fibonaccichick666):

But have you learned the pythagorean thm? That is what Ganpat is hinting at. What type of triangle does the pythagorean theorem work for?

OpenStudy (ayee_ciera):

a right triangle

OpenStudy (ganpat):

perfect !

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