SOLUTION: Find each base angle of isosceles triangle ABC if it is 12 degrees more than the vertex angle.

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Question 437293: Find each base angle of isosceles triangle ABC if it is 12 degrees more than the vertex angle.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find each base angle of isosceles triangle ABC if it is 12 degrees more than the vertex angle.
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Let the vertex angle be "x".
Then each base angle is "x+12".
Equation:
x + 2(x+12) = 180
3x = 156
x = 52 degrees
Each base angle is x+12 = 64 degrees.
Cheers,
Stan H.