Glencoe Math: Course 1, Volume 2
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4. Surface Area of Triangular Prisms
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Exercise 26 Page 780

Check the angle measures.

Right

Practice makes perfect
Let's review how we can classify a triangle by its angles.
Triangle Description
Acute Triangle It has 3 acute angles. In other words, the three angle measures are less than 90^(∘).
Obtuse Triangle It has 1 obtuse angle that measures more than 90^(∘).
Right Triangle It has 1 right triangle that measures exactly 90^(∘).

Now, consider the given triangle.

Looking at the markings on the diagram, we have a 90^(∘) angle as one of the interior angles of the triangle. Therefore, one of the angles is a right angle and the triangle is a right triangle.