How do you check if a triangle is a right triangle python?

This Python 3 based function returns if a triangle is or isn't right-angled given side lengths x, y, and z. I'm having an issue simplifying the conditional statement. Should this function check for acute, right, obtuse, scalene, isosceles, and equilateral angles, or are there conditions I can skip? Any feedback is appreciated.

def right_angled[x, y, z]:
    """This function returns if a triangle is or isn't
    right-angled given side lengths x, y, and z."""
    p = x + y + z #triangle perimeter
    a_sym = p / 180 #triangle perimeter divided by 180 
    one = x * a_sym #angle one
    two = y * a_sym #angle two
    three = z * a_sym #angle three
    if one and two or one and three or two and three == 90:
        return "The triangle is right-angled."
    elif one and two and three == 180:
        return "The triangle is right-angled." #next conditional[s]?
    else:
        return "The triangle is not right-angled."

print[right_angled[4, 5, 6]]

jradich2234

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asked May 16, 2019 at 1:08

Your function is completely wrong.

You cannot find angle as ratio of a side and perimeter.

Expression if one and two does not calculate sum - and here is logical [boolean] operator.

To find whether rectangle is right, you can exploit Pythagorean theorem

def right_angled[a, b, c]:
    if [a*a+b*b==c*c] or [c*c+b*b==a*a] or [a*a+c*c==b*b] :
        return "The triangle is right-angled." 
    else:
        return "The triangle is not right-angled."

Or just return boolean result

return [a*a+b*b==c*c] or [c*c+b*b==a*a] or [a*a+c*c==b*b]

answered May 16, 2019 at 2:31

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I suggest using the Pythagorean theorem to achieve this [a^2+b^2=c^2] by testing the 3 combinations of side lengths. To compensate for floating point imprecision, compare within a range:

def right_angled[a, b, c, e]:
    return abs[a*a+b*b-c*c]= b] and [a >= c]:
	largest_triangle_side = a
elif [b >= c] and [b >= a]:
	largest_triangle_side = b
else:
	largest_triangle_side = c

# Applying Pythagorean theorem to check if triangle is Right Angled

# If a is largest side of triangle
if [largest_triangle_side == a]:
	if [b**2 + c**2 == a**2]:
		print["Triangle is Right Angled"]
	else:
		print["Triangle is Not Right Angled"]

# If b is largest side of triangle
if[largest_triangle_side == b]:
	if[c**2 + a**2 == b**2]:
		print["Triangle is Right Angled"]
	else:
		print["Triangle is Not Right Angled"]

# If c is largest side of triangle
if[largest_triangle_side == c]:
	if[a**2 + b**2 == c**2]:
		print["Triangle is Right Angled"]
	else:
		print["Triangle is Not Right Angled"]  

Output of Above Code

Enter first side of triangle => 1
Enter second side of triangle => 2
Enter third side of triangle => 3
Triangle is Not Right Angled