Triangle with Three Right Angles
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Puzzle
- To make a triangle that has $3$ right angles.
Solution
A spherical triangle whose sides are the arcs of great circles which intersect at right angles.
Sources
- 1821: John Jackson: Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Rational Amusements for Winter Evenings: $157$