If a triangle ABC is classified as a right triangle, which statement is true? a. All three angles of triangle ABC are congruent. b. Two slopes of triangle ABC are opposite reciprocals. c. All three sides of triangle ABC are congruent. d. Two slopes of triangle ABC are congruent.

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Susan Russell

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3 July, 09:26

If a triangle ABC is classified as a right triangle, which statement is true? a. All three angles of triangle ABC are congruent. b. Two slopes of triangle ABC are opposite reciprocals. c. All three sides of triangle ABC are congruent. d. Two slopes of triangle ABC are congruent.

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Emelia · Answer 1

B. two slopes of triangle ABC are opposite reciprocals.

Because if it is a right triangle, then the two sides/slopes make a 90 degree angle, which is also perpendicular, and perpendicular slopes have opposite reciprocals.