SOLUTION: The third angle of an isosceles triangle is 16 dgree less than the sum of the two equal angles.Find three angles of tha triangle.

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Question 632001: The third angle of an isosceles triangle is 16 dgree less than the sum of the two equal angles.Find three angles of tha triangle.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
We know all triangles have 180 degrees so we can set up the following equation:
Let x represent one angle of the equal angles y represent the third angle. We can set up 2 equations:
2x+y=180
y=2x-16
Substitute:
2x+2x-16=180
Combine like terms and add 16 to get:
4x=196
x=49
So we know the 2 equal angles are each 49 degrees. The third angle is 82 degrees.
Make sense?
RJ
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