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How would you use the distance formula and the slope formula to classify the following triangles: Equilateral, Isosceles, Right, and Scalene?

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using distance only find the lengths of all three sides...

if all 3 are the same it's equilateral

if exactly 2 are the same it is isosceles

if the squares of the two shorter sides is the same as the square of the longest side it is right

if none of the sides have the same length it is scalene
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