Question

Sides of triangles are given below. Determine it is a right triangles? In case of a right triangle, write the length of its hypotenuse. 3 cm, 8 cm, 6 cm

Answer 1

It is given that the sides of the triangle are 3 cm, 8 cm, and 6 cm.

Squaring the lengths of these sides, we will obtain 9, 64, and 36.

However, 9 + 36 ≠ 64

Or, 3² + 6² ≠ 8²

Clearly, the sum of the squares of the lengths of two sides is not equal to the square of the length of the third side.

Therefore, the given triangle is not satisfying Pythagoras theorem.

Hence, it is not a right triangle.