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Given triangle ABC, (1,8), (-5, 13) and (7, 13) what type of triangle do these points make

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Check the picture below.

so the vertex at the bottom is exactly half-way of the opposite side, and equidistant from the other two vertices, meaning the two slanted sides are twins, and thus this is an isosceles triangle.

Given triangle ABC, (1,8), (-5, 13) and (7, 13) what type of triangle do these points-example-1
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