SOLUTION: The measure of one angle of a triangle is 115°. The other two angles are congruent. What is the measure of each angle?

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Question 966493: The measure of one angle of a triangle is 115°. The other two angles are congruent. What is the measure of each angle?
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the fact that the sum of interior angles of a triangle is equal to  180°.

Hence,  the second and the third angles of the given triangle are  %28180+-+115%29%2F2 = 65%2F2 = 32°30'   (32 degrees and 30 minutes).