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 [tex]a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{2}[/tex] we need to substitute the sides given with the variables.
[tex]2^{2} +5^{2} =5^{2}[/tex]
Simply to [tex]4+25=25[/tex].
Add 4 to 25.
29 [tex]\neq[/tex] 25
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.
