SOLUTION: The measures of two angles of a triangle are 18 and 62. Which type of triangle is it

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Question 394413: The measures of two angles of a triangle
are 18 and 62. Which type of triangle
is it
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The third angle is equal to 180 minus the sum of the other two angles. So the third angle is 180-%2818%2B62%29=100. Since this third angle is larger than 90 degrees, this means that we have an obtuse triangle.


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