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Classifying Triangles

Learn to classify triangles two ways: by their sides (equilateral, isosceles, scalene) or by their angles (acute, right, obtuse).

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Two independent ways to describe a triangle

Every triangle can be classified by how its sides compare to each other, and separately by how its largest angle compares to 90 degrees.