Oliver is working on a puzzle of the Eiffel Tower. The tower in the puzzle is 28.5 in. tall. The packaging lists the scale as 1:
2 answers:
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Answer:
(a) isosceles
(b), (c) scalene
Step-by-step explanation:
The lengths of the sides can be found from the distance formula:
d = √((x2 -x1)^2 +(y2 -y1)^2)
Here, there are 9 lengths to be computed, so it is useful to let a spreadsheet or graphing calculator do it.
We find triangle (a) has two sides the same length, so it is isosceles.
The other two triangles have three different side lengths, so they are scalene.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
It is impossible to specify an equilateral triangle using rational coordinates.
