Pearson Geometry Common Core, 2011
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Cumulative Standards Review

Exercise 24 Page 610

Use the Slope Formula to find the slopes of the sides of the triangle and check whether any two are opposite reciprocal slopes.

Is it a right triangle? Yes

Practice makes perfect

We are asked to see if the triangle of the following diagram is a right triangle.

Let's begin by identifying the coordinates of the vertices in the given triangle.