SOLUTION: Identify the triangle as (a) scalene, isosceles, or equilateral (b) acute, obtuse, or right. My triangle is two straight lines on each side and longer on the bottom.

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Question 526369: Identify the triangle as (a) scalene, isosceles, or equilateral (b) acute, obtuse, or right. My triangle is two straight lines on each side and longer on the bottom.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the "two straight lines on each side" are of equal length then the triangle is an isosceles triangle.
If the "two straight lines on each side" are not equal in length, then the triangle is a scalene triangle.