SOLUTION: if two angles of a triangle measure 40 degrees and 70 degrees, what is the measure of the third angle?

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Question 352197: if two angles of a triangle measure 40 degrees and 70 degrees, what is the measure of the third angle?
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Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For every triangle,


Finish the calculation.

Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if two angles of a triangle measure 40 degrees and 70 degrees, what is the measure of the third angle?
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Since the three interior angles of any triangles adds up to 180 we have:
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Let x = third angle
then
40+70+x = 180
110+x = 180
x = 70 degrees

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