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\n" ); document.write( "In an isosceles triangle, each base angle has a measure which is 30 more than four times the measure of the vertex angle. Find the measure of a base angle.
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Vertex angle = x
\n" ); document.write( "Base angle = 30 + 4x
\n" ); document.write( "Total of 180 degrees in a triangle.
\n" ); document.write( "2(30 + 4x) + x = 180
\n" ); document.write( " 60 + 8x + x = 180
\n" ); document.write( " 60 + 9x = 180
\n" ); document.write( " 9x = 180 - 60
\n" ); document.write( " 9x = 120
\n" ); document.write( " x = 120/9
\n" ); document.write( " x = 13.3 degrees
\n" ); document.write( "Base angle = 83.3 degrees.
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