SOLUTION: the sum of two angles in a triangle totals 117 degrees, waht is the measure of the third angle?

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Question 307973: the sum of two angles in a triangle totals 117 degrees, waht is the measure of the third angle?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of all three angles of a triangle is 180 degrees. If you know two of the angles, then to find the third angle, just subtract the two that you know from 180 degrees.

In this case, 180-117= 63 degrees.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired