Question

Can the sides of a triangle have lengths 2, 5, and 5?

Answer 1

Answer:

No....

Step-by-step explanation:

it cannot because triangle throrem says that the 2 smaller sides of of triangle must be greater than one side. 2+5 = 7, and 7>5.

Answer 2

Answer:

No, the sides of a triangle cannot have the lengths 2, 5, and 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the right triangle formula, aka. the Pythagorean Theorem, which is $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}$ we need to substitute the sides given with the variables.

$2^{2} +5^{2} =5^{2}$

Simply to $4+25=25$.

Add 4 to 25.

29 $\neq$ 25