document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=756907>Question 756907</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Seventeen spires grace the majestic Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Each spire is an isosceles triangle with a 40° vertex angle. Find the measure of each base angle </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "sides and two equal angles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the vertex angle is 40 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the base angles will be 180 -<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 = 140/2 = 70 degrees each.<BR>\n" );
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