Triangles Vocabulary Flash Cards

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the sum of the measures of the interior angles in any triangle.	180^o
a triangle with 3 angles less than 90^o	acute triangle
a triangle with all sides the same measure	equilateral triangle
the angle that is opposite the right angle in a right triangle	hypotenuse
a triangle with 2 sides the same measure	isosceles triangle
one of the sides of a right triangle that forms the right angle.	leg
a triangle with 1 angle greater than 90^o	obtuse triangle
Used to find the measure of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. a² + b² = c²	Pythagorean Theorem
a triangle with 1 right angle	right triangle
a triangle with no side having an equal measure	scalene triangle

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