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Equilateral Triangle
An equilateral triangle is a triangle with all sides being equal:
a = b = c As a consequence all angles are 60°, and all heights, all medians, and all angle bisectors are also of equal length and are located on top of each other. There are three axes of symmetry, which partition the triangle into two congruent right triangles.The following table shows the most important properties of an equilateral triangle:
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