SOLUTION: How do you find the base angle measurements of a isosceles triangle?

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Question 1010014: How do you find the base angle measurements of a isosceles triangle?
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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What other measurements do you have?
Vertical angle?
Length of sides?
Height?
Area?

In all triangles the measures of the angles add up to 180%5Eo :
A%2BB%2BC=180%5Eo .
In isosceles triangles in particular, the base angles have the same measure:
A=C

IF you have VERTICAL ANGLE B ,
system%28A%2BB%2BC=180%5Eo%2CA=C%29-->system%282A%2BB=180%5Eo%2CA=C%29-->system%282A=180%5Eo-B%2CA=C%29-->A=C=%28180%5Eo-B%29%2F2 .

Otherwise, there are other equations that relate other measurements
(you would probably need 2) to the measure of the base angles.