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As a result, the Mars Triangle will become altered again, resembling a more of a right triangle configuration on March 10, with the hypotenuse formed by Mars and Castor and the right angle at Pollux.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
That is to say, each of their proofs demonstrates that the square of a right triangle’s longest side equals the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
For example, Pythagorean triples (such as 3, 4 and 5), represent right triangles whose three vertices are all integer distances apart.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Billiard tables shaped like acute and right triangles have periodic trajectories.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
That is to say, each of their proofs demonstrates that the square of a right triangle’s longest side equals the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
For example, Pythagorean triples (such as 3, 4 and 5), represent right triangles whose three vertices are all integer distances apart.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Billiard tables shaped like acute and right triangles have periodic trajectories.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Right triangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/right%20triangle. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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