Examples with solutions for Types of Triangles: Finding the size of angles in a triangle

Exercise #1

Calculate the size of angle X given that the triangle is equilateral.

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Remember that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180.

In an equilateral triangle, all sides and all angles are equal to each other.

Therefore, we will calculate as follows:

x+x+x=180 x+x+x=180

3x=180 3x=180

We divide both sides by 3:

x=60 x=60

Answer

60

Exercise #2

ABC is an equilateral triangle.8X8X8XAAABBBCCCCalculate X.

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Since this is an equilateral triangle, all angles are also equal.

As the sum of angles in a triangle is 180 degrees, each angle is equal to 60 degrees. (180:3=60)

From this, we can conclude that: 60=8x 60=8x

Let's divide both sides by 8:

608=8x8 \frac{60}{8}=\frac{8x}{8}

7.5=x 7.5=x

Answer

7.5

Exercise #3

Below is an equilateral triangle.

Calculate X.

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Since in an equilateral triangle all sides are equal and all angles are equal. It is also known that in a triangle the sum of angles is 180°, we can calculate X in the following way:

X+5+X+5+X+5=180 X+5+X+5+X+5=180

3X+15=180 3X+15=180

3X=18015 3X=180-15

3X=165 3X=165

Let's divide both sides by 3:

3X3=1653 \frac{3X}{3}=\frac{165}{3}

X=55 X=55

Answer

55

Exercise #4

Find all the angles of the isosceles triangle using the data in the figure.

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In an isosceles triangle, the base angles are equal to each other—that is, angles C and B are equal.

C=B=62 C=B=62

Now we can calculate the vertex angle.

Remember that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees, therefore:

A=1806262=56 A=180-62-62=56

The values of the angles in the triangle are 62, 62, and 56.

Answer

62, 62, 56

Exercise #5

Find all the angles of the isosceles triangle using the data in the figure.

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Let's remember that in an isosceles triangle, the base angles are equal to each other.

In other words:

C=B C=B

Since we are given the vertex angle, which is equal to 70 degrees, we'll recall that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.

Now let's find the base angles in the following way:

18070=110 180-70=110

110:2=55 110:2=55

Therefore, the angle values in the triangle are: 55, 55, 70

Answer

70, 55, 55

Exercise #6

Find all the angles of the isosceles triangle using the data in the figure.

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Since we are given that the triangle is isosceles, we will remember that the base angles are equal to each other.

That is:

B=C=50 B=C=50

Now we can calculate the vertex angle.

Since the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees, we will calculate the vertex angle as follows:

A=1805050=80 A=180-50-50=80

Therefore, the values of the angles in the triangle are: 80, 50, 50

Answer

A=80,C=50 A=80,C=50

Exercise #7

Find all the angles of the isosceles triangle using the data in the figure.

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In an isosceles triangle, the base angles are equal to each other, meaning:

B=C B=C

Since we are given angle A, we can calculate the base angles as follows:

Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.

18050=130 180-50=130

130:2=65 130:2=65

B=C=65 B=C=65

Answer

B=65,C=65 B=65,C=65

Exercise #8

Identify which type of triangle appears in the drawing:

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Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

Let's calculate alpha in the following way:

60+α+α2=180 60+\alpha+\frac{\alpha}{2}=180

60+112α=180 60+1\frac{1}{2}\alpha=180

112α=18060 1\frac{1}{2}\alpha=180-60

112α=120 1\frac{1}{2}\alpha=120

Let's divide both sides by 1.5:

α=80 \alpha=80

Now we can calculate the remaining angle in the triangle:

α2=802=40 \frac{\alpha}{2}=\frac{80}{2}=40

So in the triangle we have 3 angles: 60, 80, 40

All of them are less than 90 degrees, therefore all angles are acute angles and the triangle is an acute triangle.

Answer

Acute triangle

Exercise #9

Identify which type of triangle appears in the drawing:

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Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

Let's calculate X in the following way:

3x+5x+x=180 3x+5x+x=180

9x=180 9x=180

Let's divide both sides by 9:

x=20 x=20

Now let's calculate the angles:

3x=3×20=60 3x=3\times20=60

5x=5×20=100 5x=5\times20=100

This means that in the triangle we have 3 angles: 20, 60, 100

Since we have one angle that is greater than 90 degrees, meaning an obtuse angle, this is an obtuse triangle.

Answer

Obtuse triangle

Exercise #10

Look at the isosceles right triangle below. What are its angles?

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Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.

In a right triangle, there is one right angle equal to 90 degrees.

In an isosceles triangle, the base angles are equal to each other.

Therefore, we can calculate this in the following way:

18090=90 180-90=90

90:2=45 90:2=45

In other words, the angle values in this triangle are: 90, 45, 45

Answer

90, 45, 45

Exercise #11

What type of triangle appears in the drawing?

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To determine which type of triangle we are dealing with, let's calculate angle alpha based on the fact that the sum of angles in a triangle is 180 degrees.

α=1803010=140 \alpha=180-30-10=140

Since alpha is equal to 140 degrees, the triangle is an obtuse triangle.

Answer

Obtuse triangle

Exercise #12

What type of triangle appears in the drawing?

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Since we are given an angle of 45 and an angle of 90, we will refer to the triangle and calculate the missing angle based on the theorem that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees.

Let's call this angle alpha:

α+45+90=180 \alpha+45+90=180

α+135=180 \alpha+135=180

Let's move the sides:

α=180135 \alpha=180-135

α=45 \alpha=45

Looking at the second triangle, we notice that the angle adjacent to 90 will also be equal to 90 since it complements to 180 degrees.

Besides this, we don't have any more data, so we won't be able to calculate angles or determine the type of triangle.

Answer

It is not possible to calculate

Exercise #13

ABC is an equilateral triangle.

How big is angle ACB ∢ACB ?

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In order to solve this exercise, we need to know two important laws-

1: In an equilateral triangle, all angles are equal.

2: The sum of angles in a triangle is 180.

Therefore, let's define the angle size as X.

We know that all angles are equal, and together they equal 180 degrees, so:

3X=180

Divide by 3

X=60

Hence the angle size is 60 degrees!

Answer

60°