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Example Question #1 : Isosceles Triangles
An isosceles triangle has a vertex angle that is twenty degrees more than twice the base angle. What is the sum of the vertex and base angles?
40
All triangles contain degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.
Let and .
So the equation to solve becomes .
We get and , so the sum of the base and vertex angles is .
Example Question #3 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangle
If an isosceles triangle has an angle measuring greater than 100 degrees, and another angle with a measuring degrees, which of the following is true?
In order for a triangle to be an isosceles triangle, it must contain two equivalent angles and one angle that is different. Given that one angle is greater than 100 degrees: Thus, the sum of the other two angles must be less than 80 degrees. If an angle is represented by :
Example Question #4 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangle
An isoceles triangle has a base angle that is twice the vertex angle. What is the sum of the base and vertex angles?
All triangles have degrees. An isoceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.
Let vertex angle and base angle.
So the equation to solve becomes:
or
Thus for the vertex angle and for the base angle.
The sum of the vertex and one base angle is .
Example Question #281 : Geometry
An isoceles triangle has a vertex angle that is degrees more than twice the base angle. What is the vertex angle?
Every triangle has degrees. An isoceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.
Let base angle and vertex angle.
So the equation to solve becomes .
Thus the base angles are and the vertex angle is .
Example Question #11 : Isosceles Triangles
An isoceles triangle has a base angle that is degrees less than three times the vertex angle. What is the product of the vertex angle and the base angle?
Every triangle has 180 degrees. An isoceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.
Let vertex angle and base angle.
Then the equation to solve becomes:
, or .
Then the vertex angle is , the base angle is , and the product is .
Example Question #4 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangle
In triangle ABC, Angle A = x degrees, Angle B = 2x degrees, and Angle C = 3x+30 degrees. How many degrees is Angle B?
45°
105°
30°
50°
25°
50°
Because the interior angles of a triangle add up to 180°, we can create an equation using the variables given in the problem: x+2x+(3x+30)=180. This simplifies to 6X+30=180. When we subtract 30 from both sides, we get 6x=150. Then, when we divide both sides by 6, we get x=25. Because Angle B=2x degrees, we multiply 25 times 2. Thus, Angle B is equal to 50°. If you got an answer of 25, you may have forgotten to multiply by 2. If you got 105, you may have found Angle C instead of Angle B.
Example Question #3 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangle
An isosceles triangle has a base angle that is six more than three times the vertex angle. What is the base angle?
Every triangle has 180 degrees. An isosceles triangle has one vertex angle and two congruent base angles.
Let = vertex angle and = base angle.
Then the equation to solve becomes
or
.
Solving for gives a vertex angle of 24 degrees and a base angle of 78 degrees.
Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangle
The base angle of an isosceles triangle is thirteen more than three times the vertex angle. What is the difference between the vertex angle and the base angle?
Every triangle has . An isosceles triangle has one vertex ange, and two congruent base angles.
Let be the vertex angle and be the base angle.
The equation to solve becomes , since the base angle occurs twice.
Now we can solve for the vertex angle.
The difference between the vertex angle and the base angle is .
Example Question #284 : Geometry
An isoceles triangle has a base angle that is five less than twice the vertex angle. What is the sum of the base and vertex angles?
Each triangle has degrees.
An isoceles triangle has two congruent base angles and one vertex angle.
Let vertex angle and base angle.
Then the equation to solve becomes or .
Add to both sides to get .
Divide both sides by to get vertex angle and base angles, so the sum of the angles is .
Example Question #12 : Acute / Obtuse Isosceles Triangles
An isoceles triangle has a base angle that is twice the vertex angle. What is the sum of one base angle and the vertex angle?
Every triangle contains degrees. An isoceles triangle has two congruent base angles and one vertex angle.
Let the vertex angle and the base angle
So the equation to solve becomes or and dividing by gives for the vertex angle and for the base angle, so the sum is