Olive wants to invite friends over for some ice cream. She has a total of 8 pints of ice cream in her freezer. If she splits eac
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Answer:
Yes!
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that right triangles follow the Pythagorean Theorem, where
So we will put our side lengths into this formula, keeping in mind that c = the hypotenuse, which is the longest side. a and b are fairly arbitrary.
If this works, we know it's a right triangle.
1089 + 1936 = 3025
3025 = 3025
It worked! It's a right triangle!!
For proportions and to find x we have to cross multiply
8 × (x) = 3 × 2.4
8x = 7.2
Divide by 8 to isolate x
8 and 8 cancels out
x = 0.9