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To: general_re
As much as I hate to use the word on this thread yet again, it is a degenerate triangle.

You can call it Bozo the Clown, but that does not make it Bozo the Clown. It is not a triangle. It is a point, and maybe a point circle, but is not a square nor a triangle. What are the angles for this point? Further are you agreeing with longshadow's argument using unit vectors of length zero?

952 posted on 05/24/2002 10:18:24 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
It fits the definition of a triangle as long as you're willing to set aside that inconvenient triangle inequality theorem ;), and an equilateral triangle to boot - it has three equal sides of length zero. At least, it satisfies the definition for the purposes of forming a triangle circle. You can calculate the values of the angles yourself, if you like. I think you already did, actually ;)

Equilateral triangles are usually regarded as having three equal angles of 60 degrees. But that is a consequence of having three equal sides of length > 0, not a part of the definition of an equilateral triangle. Obviously, that does not hold true when the lengths are equal to zero.

955 posted on 05/24/2002 10:39:35 PM PDT by general_re
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