How to find an angle in an acute / obtuse triangle - Math

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In an isosceles triangle, the vertex angle is 15 less than the base angle. What is the base angle?

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Answer

Every triangle has 180 degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.

Let = base angle and = vertex angle

So the equation to solve becomes

Thus, 65 is the base angle and 50 is the vertex angle.

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