Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Is the triangle whose vertices are the points A(0 , -1) , B(2 , 1) and C(-4 , 3) a right triangle?

The triangle ABC has vertices at A(0, -1) , B(2 , 1) and
C(-4, 3).


The length of the sides
is


AB = sqrt [(2 - 0)^2 + (1 +
1)^]


=> sqrt (4 + 4) = sqrt
8


BC = sqrt[(2 + 4)^2 + (3
-1)^2]


=> sqrt( 36 + 4) = sqrt
40


CA = sqrt [( 4 - 0)^2 + ( 3 +
1)^2]


=> sqrt (16 + 16) = sqrt
32


As CA^2 + AB^2 = BC^2, by the Pythagorean theorem we
know that the triangle is a right triangle with hypotenuse
BC.


The triangle ABC is a right
triangle.

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