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A standard example is the Reuleaux triangle, the intersection of three circles, each centered where the other two circles cross. [2] Its boundary curve consists of three arcs of these circles, meeting at 120° angles, so it is not smooth , and in fact these angles are the sharpest possible for any curve of constant width.
In architecture, an example can be seen in the cross-section of the Gateway Arch and the surface of the Vegreville egg. [25] [26] It appears in the flag of Nicaragua and the flag of the Philippines. [27] [28] It is a shape of a variety of road signs, including the yield sign. [29] The equilateral triangle occurs in the study of stereochemistry.
Each centered triangular number from 10 onwards is the sum of three consecutive regular triangular numbers. For n > 2, the sum of the first n centered triangular numbers is the magic constant for an n by n normal magic square.
Broken down, 3 6; 3 6 (both of different transitivity class), or (3 6) 2, tells us that there are 2 vertices (denoted by the superscript 2), each with 6 equilateral 3-sided polygons (triangles). With a final vertex 3 4 .6, 4 more contiguous equilateral triangles and a single regular hexagon.
Napoleon's theorem: If the triangles centered on L, M, N are equilateral, then so is the green triangle.. In geometry, Napoleon's theorem states that if equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward or all inward, the lines connecting the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
Additionally, among the curves of constant width, the Reuleaux triangle is the one with both the largest and the smallest inscribed equilateral triangles. [15] The largest equilateral triangle inscribed in a Reuleaux triangle is the one connecting its three corners, and the smallest one is the one connecting the three midpoints of its sides ...
For example, AF / FB is defined as having positive value when F is between A and B and negative otherwise. Ceva's theorem is a theorem of affine geometry , in the sense that it may be stated and proved without using the concepts of angles, areas, and lengths (except for the ratio of the lengths of two line segments that are collinear ).
The area of a triangle can be demonstrated, for example by means of the congruence of triangles, as half of the area of a parallelogram that has the same base length and height. A graphic derivation of the formula T = h 2 b {\displaystyle T={\frac {h}{2}}b} that avoids the usual procedure of doubling the area of the triangle and then halving it.