In the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Bermuda lies a 500,000 square mile region called th Bermuda triangle . If the sides of the triangle are about 959 miles, 1,011'miles, and , 1,033, prove whether or not the Bermuda trian is a right triangle ?

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In a rt. triangle, the sum of the square
of the two shorter sides is equal to the
square of the 3rd side.

X = 959 Miles
Y = 1,011 Miles
Z = 1,033 Miles

X^2 + Y^2 = Z^2
959^2 + 1011^2 = 1033^2
1,941,802 > 1,067,089

It is not a rt. triangle.