Practice with Triangles

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Course: GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math
Book: Practice with Triangles
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Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 8:20 AM

Description

Complete these exercises and check your answers.

Table of contents

Review

1. What are the three ways to classify a triangle by its sides?

2. What are the four ways to classify a triangle by its angles?

3. Can a right triangle be equiangular? Explain.

4. The measures of two angles of a triangle are 42^{\circ} and 42^{\circ}. What type of triangle is it?

5. The measures of two angles of a triangle are 120^{\circ} and 12^{\circ}. What type of triangle is it?



Source: CK-12, https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-interactive-geometry-for-ccss/section/1.4/primary/lesson/triangles-geo-ccss/

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Review (Answers)

1. Scalene, isosceles, equilateral

2. Acute, right, obtuse, equiangular

3. No, because equiangular triangles have all angles 60^{\circ}. A right triangle must have one angle that is 90^{\circ}.

4. Isosceles and obtuse.

5. Scalene and obtuse.