SOLUTION: In a given isosceles triangle one of the angles is 60 degrees If one of the sides is 144 and the other is 8x. Then what is the value of x?

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Question 1085853: In a given isosceles triangle one of the angles is 60 degrees
If one of the sides is 144 and the other is 8x. Then what is the value of x?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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if given one angle is 60°, than the sum of other two angles is =180+%26%238722%3B60+=120°
Since the given triangle is isosceles, Theses two angles are of equal measure.
Hence measure each angle = 120%2F2=60°
since all angles equal, all sides are equal too
if one side is 144 and the other is 8x, than
8x=144
x=144%2F8
x=18