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1) A triangle has side lengths of 12cm, 16cm, and 20cm.
a) What are the area of the three squares that can be drawn on the sides of the triangle?
b) Is the triangle a right triangle? Explain
2) The sides of a right triangle is 9cm, 12cm, and 15cm. a) Sketch a picture of the triangle. Draw a square on each side of a triangle.
b) What is the area of each square?
c) Write an additional statement using the areas of the 3 squares.
Answer
1) a) 144cm2=12cmx12cm
256cm2=16cmx16cm
400cm2=20cmx20cm
b) yes this triangle is a right triangle because it has a right angle (90 degrees)
2) a)

b)
c) a^2+b^2=c^2 12^2+9^2=15^2
144+81=225
225=225