the angles of a triangle are 44*, 110*, and 26*. Classify the triangle.

Question

* means degrees.

Answer 1

There is a correlation between the measurement of the angles of a triangle and the length of their opposite sides:

• If the triangle is equiangular, then it is also equilateral
• If the triangle is isosceles, then at least two sides are congruent
• If the triangle does not have congruent angles, then it will have no congruent sides.
• Opposite to the smaller angle is the shorter side, opposite to the larger angle is the longer side.

The triangle we are analyzing has no congruent angles, then it has no congruent sides; thus it is a scalene triangle.