Question

How do you determine whether or not a triangle with sides of lengths 5, 6 and 8 forms a right triangle?

Answer 1

Plug into the Pythagorean theorem, see below for work

Explanation:

Plug into the Pythagorean theorem, if it does not work then it is not a right triangle

`a^2+b^2=c^2`

`5^2+6^2=8^2`

`61=64`

You can see that those do not equal