By giving a counter example, show that the following statement is not true. p: “If all the angles of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is an obtuse angled triangle.”

Asked by Aaryan | 1 year ago |  116

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Solution :-

Let us consider a triangle ABC with all angles equal.

Then, each angle of the triangle is equal to 60.

So, ABC is not an obtuse angle triangle.

Hence, the statement “p: If all the angles of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is an obtuse angled triangle” is False

Answered by Sakshi | 1 year ago

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