What kind of triangle is never wrong?
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A try-angle – because it always gets it right on the third try!
The ‘right’ triangle, of course!
This joke plays on the double meaning of the word “right.” In one sense, “right” refers to being correct or true. In another sense, it refers to a specific type of triangle in geometry. A right triangle is a triangle that has one angle measuring exactly 90 degrees, known as a right angle. The humor arises from the pun that a “right” triangle, by its geometric definition, is always “right” in terms of having a right angle, which is then humorously extended to suggest that it cannot be “wrong” in any situation, blending the mathematical term with the moral or factual correctness implied by the word “right.”