- Sketchan equiangulartriangle.Whatmustbe true aboutthe sides?
- Sketchan obtuseisoscelestriangle.
- True or false:A right trianglecan be scalene.
- True or false:An obtusetrianglecan havemorethan one obtuseangle.
- One of the answersin 8 or 9 is false.Sketchan illustrationto showwhy it is false,and changethe false
statementto makeit true.
Answers
A is an acutescalenetriangle.
B is an equilateraltriangle.
C is a right isoscelestriangle.
D is a scalenetriangle.Sincewe don’tknowanythingaboutthe angles,we cannotassumeit is a right
triangle,eventhoughone of the angleslookslike it may be 90
o
.
E is an obtusescalenetriangle.
If a triangleis equiangularthen it is also equilateral,so the sidesare all congruent.
Sketchbelow: