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Classifications of Triangles
Right Triangles
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The Equilateral triangle shown on the left has three equal sides and three equal angles. Each angle is 60
triangle shown on the left has two equal sides and two
The Scalene Triangle has no congruent sides. In other words, each side must have a different length..
The Acute Triangle has three acute angles (an acute angle measur less than 90)
The Obtuse Triangle has an obtuse angle (an obtuse angle has more than 90). In the picture on the left, the shaded angle is the obtuse angle that distinguishes this triangle Since the total degrees in any triangle is 180, an obtuse triangle can only have one angle that measures more than 90.
Triangles
A triangle has three sides and three angles
Equilateral Triangle
Three equal sides Three equal angles, always 60
Isosceles Triangle
Two equal sides Two equal angles
Scalene Triangle
No equal sides No equal angles
Acute Triangle
All angles are less than 90
Right Triangle
Has a right angle (90)
Obtuse Triangle
Has an angle more than 90
Perimeter
The perimeter is the distance around the edge of the triangle: just add up the three sides:
Area
The area is half of the base times height. "b" is the distance along the base "h" is the height (measured at right angles to the base)
Area = b h
The formula works for all triangles. Note: another way of writing the formula is bh/2
(Note: 12 is the height, not the length of the left-hand side) Height = h = 12 Base = b = 20
Area = b h = 20 12 = 120
The base can be any side, Just be sure the "height" is measured at right angles to the "base":
(Note: You can also calculate the area from the lengths of all three sides using Heron's Formula.)
Imagine you "doubled" the triangle (flip it around one of the upper edges) to make a square-like shape (it would be a "parallelogram" actually), THEN the whole area would be bh (that would be for both triangles, so just one is bh), like this:
By slicing the new triangle and moving the sliced part to the other side you get a simple rectangle, whose area is bh.