SOLUTION: If an 80-degree angle is bisected and then each new angle is bisected, what is the measure of the smallest angle formed?

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Question 188023: If an 80-degree angle is bisected and then each new angle is bisected, what is the measure of the smallest angle formed?

Answer by feliz1965(151) About Me  (Show Source):
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If an 80-degree angle is bisected, then it is cut exactly in half.
If you cut 80 in half, we get 40.
Then if you cut 40 in half, we get 20.
The smallest angle is 20 degrees.