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What is the greatest number of right angles that a triangle can contain a. 1 b. 2c. 0d. 3

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The answer is a, 1. Because if a triangle had 2 right angles, it could not only be 3 sides, and the same goes for 3 right angles. Equally, a triangle can have 1 right angle as this would be constructed using 2 lines, like this:

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And then a final line can be used to join them to form a triangle.

Therefore the answer is A.

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