Polygon with three sides and three vertices.

Triangles can be classified by the lengths of their sides:

  • Equilateral triangle: all the sides have the same length
  • Isosceles triangle: two sides have the same length
  • Scalene triangle: all the sides have different length.
Equilateral triangle.
Equilateral triangle
Isosceles triangle.
Isosceles triangle
Scalene triangle.
Scalene triangle

Triangles can also be classified by their internal angles:

  • Acute triangle: all the internal angles measured less than 90°
  • Right(-angled) triangle: one of its internal angles measures 90°
  • Obtuse triangle: one of its internal angle measures more than 90°
Acute triangle.
Acute triangle
Right(-angled) triangle.
Right(-angled) triangle
Obtuse triangle.
Obtuse triangle

The sum of the internal angles of a triangle is 180°

The area of a triangle is given by the formula:

\text{Area}=\frac{1}{2} \times b \times h

where b is the base and h the height of the triangle.

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