Question

Which set of side lengths can form a right triangle?

six, seven, eight
ten, fourteen, thirty-six
twelve, thirty-five, thirty-seven
thirteen, twenty-four, thirty

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem.

Answer 2

i dont know how to use Pythagorean theorem.

Answer 3

For example, the first one would be 6^2 + 7^2 = 8^2 And it doesn't match, so the first one is not right.

Answer 4

The Pythagorean theorem is simply \[a^2+b^2=c^2\]

Answer 5

\[a ^{2}+b ^{2}=c^{2}\] c is the longest part of the triangle

Answer 6

ninja'd

Answer 7

man steve816, you got faster then me

Answer 8

so i add exponent 2 to all the numbers