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The sides of certain triangles are given below. Determine which of them are right triangles. `a=7c m` , `b=24 c m` and `c=25 c m` (ii) `a=9c m` , `b=16 c m` and `c=18 c m` (iii) `a=1. 6 c m` , `b=3. 8 c m` and `c=4c m` (iv) `a=8c m` , `b=10 c m` and `c=6c m`

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