document.write( "Question 89626: When a square is divided by a diagonal it is ?
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document.write( "When a square is divided by a diagonal it is ?\r\n" );
document.write( "a. an isosceles acute triangle is formed\r\n" );
document.write( "b. an equilateral triangle is formed\r\n" );
document.write( "c. a scalene obtuse triangle is formed\r\n" );
document.write( "d. a right isosceles triangle is formed\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's divide a square by its diagonal and see:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Start with this square:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a diagonal:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Separate the two triangles:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each of those triangles is a right triangle because a square\r\n" );
document.write( "has four right angles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each of those triangles is isosceles because each has a two \r\n" );
document.write( "equal sides because a square has all four of its sides\r\n" );
document.write( "equal in length.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So since they are both right triangles as well as isosceles,\r\n" );
document.write( "the answer is (d) although the problem should state \r\n" );
document.write( "\"TWO right isosceles triangleS ARE formed\".\r\n" );
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