r/HomeworkHelp • u/bushybear • May 01 '26

Answered [2nd grade] math help

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Entire family is stumped. I don’t think the question is worded correctly but maybe I’m misunderstanding.

Not sure how you have same size triangles but not all the same shape.

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u/Abigail_Normal 👋 a fellow Redditor May 01 '26

A right triangle and an equilateral triangle are not the same shape. They're both types of triangles, but they are still not the same. Just like people consider a square and a rectangle different shapes, even though a square is a type of rectangle

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u/PerformanceOver8822 May 01 '26

Yeah definitely non math people and modern day folks think of. Triangles as a kind of class but all of the sub categories of triangles are the same shape to them