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Question 801538: Triangle FGH is an obtuse triangle. The greatest angle in the triangle has a measure of (6degrees d). What are the possible values of "d"?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Triangle FGH is an obtuse triangle. The greatest angle in the triangle has a measure of (6°·d). What are the possible values of "d"?
The greatest angle in an obtuse triangle is the obtuse angle. 

An obtuse angle has measure greater than 90° and less than 180°.

Its measure is 6°·d, so

      90° < 6°·d < 180°

Divide all three sides by 6°

      %2290%B0%22%2F%226%B0%22 < %226%B0%2Ad%22%2F%226%B0%22 < %22180%B0%2Ad%22%2F%226%B0%22 

      15 < d < 30

So d is between 15 and 30.

Edwin