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Greatest Triangles: The Equilateral

October 8, 2025

One entry from the 10 Greatest Triangles countdown: The Equilateral.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-10-08-the-10-greatest-triangles-of-the-21st-century--greatest-triangles-the-equilateral/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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#3: The Equilateral. "Beloved, reviled, canceled, resurrected, debated… and 2500 years after Plato, still dominating the conversation."

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