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A triangle whose side lengths are a Pythagorean triple is a right triangle and called a Pythagorean triangle. A primitive Pythagorean triple is one in which a, b and c are coprime (that is, they have no common divisor larger than 1). [1] For example, (3, 4, 5) is a primitive Pythagorean triple whereas (6, 8, 10) is not.
Solution of triangles (Latin: solutio triangulorum) is the main trigonometric problem of finding the characteristics of a triangle (angles and lengths of sides), when some of these are known. The triangle can be located on a plane or on a sphere. Applications requiring triangle solutions include geodesy, astronomy, construction, and navigation.
The solution of triangles is the principal purpose of spherical trigonometry: given three, four or five elements of the triangle, determine the others. The case of five given elements is trivial, requiring only a single application of the sine rule.
A triangle whose sides are all the same length is an equilateral triangle, [3] a triangle with two sides having the same length is an isosceles triangle, [4] [a] and a triangle with three different-length sides is a scalene triangle. [7] A triangle in which one of the angles is a right angle is a right triangle, a triangle in which all of its ...
This formula generalizes Heron's formula for the area of a triangle. A triangle may be regarded as a quadrilateral with one side of length zero. From this perspective, as d approaches zero, a cyclic quadrilateral converges into a cyclic triangle (all triangles are cyclic), and Brahmagupta's formula simplifies to Heron's formula.
A Heronian triangle, also known as a Heron triangle or a Hero triangle, is a triangle with integer sides and integer area. All Heronian triangles can be placed on a lattice with each vertex at a lattice point. [7] Furthermore, if an integer triangle can be place on a lattice with each vertex at a lattice point it must be Heronian.
The spiral is started with an isosceles right triangle, with each leg having unit length.Another right triangle (which is the only automedian right triangle) is formed, with one leg being the hypotenuse of the prior right triangle (with length the square root of 2) and the other leg having length of 1; the length of the hypotenuse of this second right triangle is the square root of 3.
The three altitudes of a triangle intersect at the orthocenter, which for an acute triangle is inside the triangle. The orthocenter of a triangle, usually denoted by H, is the point where the three (possibly extended) altitudes intersect. [1] [2] The orthocenter lies inside the triangle if and only if the triangle is acute.