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document.write( "Both base angles are 48 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the vertex angle be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 + 48 + x = 180 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 96 = 180<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 84 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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