3. The sides of a triangle are 7, 11, and 18. Do these sides form a right triangle? Justify your answer.

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Prove that given side of triangle form a right angle triangle 

a= 7, b= 11 ,c= 18  

Here , 18 is hypotenuse because it is greater from both of them  7 and 11 , 

And consider base 7 and perpendicular is 11 .

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