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Example Question #101 : Triangles
A triangle has interior angles that range from degrees to degrees. What is the most accurate categorization of this triangle?
Obtuse isosceles triangle.
Acute isosceles triangle.
Acute scalene triangle.
Right triangle.
Obtuse scalene triangle.
Acute scalene triangle.
Acute scalene triangles must have three different acute interior angles--which always have a sum of degrees.
Thus, the solution is:
Example Question #12 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
A particular triangle has interior angle measurements that range from degrees to degrees. What is the most accurate categorization of this triangle?
Acute scalene triangle.
Acute isosceles triangle.
Obtuse scalene triangle.
Right triangle.
Obtuse isosceles triangle.
Obtuse isosceles triangle.
An obtuse isosceles triangle has one obtuse interior angle and two equivalent acute interior angles. Since the sum total of the interior angles of every triangle must equal degrees, the solution is:
Therefore, this triangle has one interior angle of degrees and two equivalent interior angles of degrees--making this an obtuse isosceles triangle.
Example Question #14 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
A triangle has sides of lengths 18.4, 18.4, and 26.0. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Acute
Right
Obtuse
Acute
Given the lengths of its three sides, a triangle can be identified as acute, right, or obtuse by the following process:
Calculate the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two shortest sides:
Calculate the square of the length of the longest side:
The former is greater than the latter. This indicates that the triangle is acute.
Example Question #15 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
A triangle has sides of lengths 19.5, 46.8, and 50.7. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Obtuse
Acute
Right
Right
Given the lengths of its three sides, a triangle can be identified as acute, right, or obtuse by the following process:
Calculate the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two shortest sides:
Calculate the square of the length of the longest side:
The two quantities are equal, so by the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem, the triangle is right.
Example Question #11 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
A triangle has sides of lengths 9, 12, and 18. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Obtuse
Right
Acute
Obtuse
Given the lengths of its three sides, a triangle can be identified as acute, right, or obtuse by the following process:
Calculate the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two shortest sides:
Calculate the square of the length of the longest side:
The former is less than the latter. This indicates that the triangle is obtuse.
Example Question #16 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
A triangle has sides of lengths 14, 18, and 20. Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Obtuse
Right
Acute
Acute
Given the lengths of its three sides, a triangle can be identified as acute, right, or obtuse by the following process:
Calculate the sum of the squares of the lengths of the two shortest sides:
Calculate the square of the length of the longest side:
The former is greater than the latter. This indicates that the triangle is acute.
Example Question #16 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
Two of the interior angles of a triangle have measure and . Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Acute
Right
Obtuse
Acute
The measures of the interior angles of a triangle add up to . If is the measure of the third angle, then
Solve for :
Each of the three angles has measure less than , so each angle is, by definition, acute. This makes the triangle acute.
Example Question #18 : How To Find An Angle In An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
Two of the exterior angles of a triangle, taken at different vertices, measure . Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Obtuse
Acute
Right
Acute
At a given vertex, an exterior angle and an interior angle of a triangle form a linear pair, making them supplementary - that is, their measures total . The measures of two interior angles can be calculated by subtracting the exterior angle measures from :
The triangle has two interior angles of measure .
The measures of the interior angles of a triangle add up to . If is the measure of the third angle, then
All three interior angles measure less than , making them acute. The triangle is, by definition, acute.
Example Question #102 : Triangles
Two of the exterior angles of a triangle, taken at different vertices, measure and . Is the triangle acute, right, or obtuse?
Obtuse
Acute
Right
Right
At a given vertex, an exterior angle and an interior angle of a triangle form a linear pair, making them supplementary - that is, their measures total . The measures of two interior angles can be calculated by subtracting the exterior angle measures from :
The triangle has two interior angles of measures and . The sum of these measures is , thereby making them complementary. A triangle with two complementary acute angles is a right triangle.
Example Question #51 : Acute / Obtuse Triangles
True or false: It is possible for a triangle to have angles of measure , , and .
False
True
True
The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is . The sum of the three given angle measures is
.
This makes the triangle possible.