SOLUTION: and isosceles triangle has a vertex angle of 112 degrees, what is the measure of one of the acute angles?

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Question 360263: and isosceles triangle has a vertex angle of 112 degrees, what is the measure of one of the acute angles?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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since the base angles are equal and the sum of the angles of a triangle is always equal to 180 degrees, then each of the base angles has to be:


(180 - 112) / 2 = 68 / 2 = 34 degrees.

you get 34 + 34 + 112 = 68 + 112 = 180