Here's a list of shapes that need a right angle:
square
rectangle
right triangle
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It has to be 90 degrees to be a right angle.
In Euclidean geometry, a triangle must be one of these: acute, obtuse, or right. Maybe there is a non-Euclideangeometry for which some obtuse triangles can contain a right angle, but it doesn't happen in Euclidean geometry.
An equilateral triangle on on of the arms of the right angle.
Because the phrase 'right angle' indicates 90 degrees whereas there is no such angle as a 'left angle'
A right-angle triangle must have one corner of 90 degrees.