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A triangle has side lengths 10, 15, and 7. Is the triangle acute, obtuse, or right

 Jun 10, 2016
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A triangle has side lengths 10, 15, and 7. Is the triangle acute, obtuse, or right,

 

The description of a triangle as right, acute or obtuse is based on its internal ANGLES!.

When the SIDES of the triangle are given, then the triangle is described as Right, Equilateral, Isosceles and Scalene.

In your question, the triangle would be classified as "Scalene".

 Jun 10, 2016
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Nope.

 

If the triangle is right......

the length of hypotenuse would be \(\sqrt{7^2+10^2}\) using pythagoras thm.

which would be approx. 12.2

15 > 12.2

Therefore the triangle is obtuse.

MaxWong  Jun 11, 2016

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