Examples with solutions for Sum and Difference of Angles: Using angles in a triangle

Exercise #1

Triangle ABC isosceles.

AB = BC

Calculate angle ABC and indicate its type.

45°45°45°AAABBBCCC

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Step-by-Step Solution

Given that it is an isosceles triangle:AB=BC AB=BC

It is possible to argue that:BAC=ACB=45 BAC=ACB=45

Since the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180, the angle ABC will be equal to:

1804545=90 180-45-45=90

Since the angle ABC measures 90 degrees, it is a right triangle.

Answer

90°, right angle.

Exercise #2

ABC is an isosceles triangle.

A=4x ∢A=4x

B=2x ∢B=2x

Calculate the value of x.

AAABBBCCC4x2x

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As we know that triangle ABC is isosceles.

B=C=2X B=C=2X

It is known that in a triangle the sum of the angles is 180.

Therefore, we can calculate in the following way:

2X+2X+4X=180 2X+2X+4X=180

4X+4X=180 4X+4X=180

8X=180 8X=180

We divide the two sections by 8:

8X8=1808 \frac{8X}{8}=\frac{180}{8}

X=22.5 X=22.5

Answer

22.5

Exercise #3

ΔABD is a right triangle.

CAD=? ∢\text{CAD}=\text{?}

AAABBBDDDCCC6117

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Let's look at triangle ABD and note that we are given two angles: 90 and 17.

Since the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180, we can calculate angle BAD as follows:

1809017=73 180-90-17=73

Since we are given angle BAC, we can calculate angle CAD as follows:

7361=12 73-61=12

Answer

12

Exercise #4

According to the data in the diagram, calculate a size of angle ABC.AAABBBCCC10545?

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Note from the diagram that we can know the value of angle BAC, since its corresponding angle is equal to 105.

Now in the triangle we are given two angles:

BAC=105 BAC=105

BCA=45 BCA=45

Since the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180, we can calculate angle ABC:

18010545=30 180-105-45=30

Answer

30

Exercise #5

ABC Right triangle

BAC=30 ∢\text{BAC}=30

Calculate the size CBD ∢\text{CBD} AAABBBCCCDDD30α

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Note that angle BDA equals 90 degrees, therefore angle BDC also equals 90 degrees.

Let's look at triangle ABC and calculate angle C, since angles A and B are given to us:

1809030=60 180-90-30=60

Now let's focus on triangle BDC and calculate angle alpha, since we have calculated the other two angles.

1809060=30 180-90-60=30

Answer

30

Exercise #6

According to the data,

Calculate the size BAC ∢\text{BAC}

90°90°90°AAABBBCCC147°

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Since we are given an angle of 147, let's calculate the angle ACB which complements it to 180 degrees:

180147=33 180-147=33

Now we have two angles in triangle ABC, and we can calculate angle BAC:

1809033=57 180-90-33=57

Answer

57

Exercise #7

AD bisects BAC ∢BAC .

Calculate the size of ACB ∢ACB .

AAABBBCCCDDD20

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Let's remember that an angle bisector divides the angle into 2 equal parts, therefore:

BAD=DAC=20 BAD=DAC=20

We should also note that we are given:

ADB=ADC=90 ADB=ADC=90

Since the sum of angles in a triangle is 180, we can determine the size of angle ACB as follows:

Let's focus on triangle ACD, where we know 2 angles and calculate:

ACB=1809020 ACB=180-90-20

ACB=70 ACB=70

Answer

70

Exercise #8

ABC is a triangle. What is the size of the angle BAD ∢\text{BAD} ?

AAABBBCCCDDD86x28122

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First, let's find the value of angle B.

Since the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180, the formula is:

1808628=66 180-86-28=66

Now let's look at angle ADB, we can calculate its value since we are given angle ADC.

180122=58 180-122=58

Now we can calculate angle BAD:

1806658=56 180-66-58=56

Answer

56

Exercise #9

Calculate the value of x.

111°111°111°AAABBBCCC60°x

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Remember that a straight angle is equal to 180 degrees.

Let's note that angle 111 and angle ACB together form a straight angle.

Let's calculate angle ACB as follows:

ACB=180111 ACB=180-111

ACB=69 ACB=69

Now we can calculate X.

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

X=1806960 X=180-69-60

X=51 X=51

Answer

51

Exercise #10

Calculate the values of x and y.

AAABBBDDDCCC43°47°yx

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First, let's note that in triangle ACB we are given two angles.

Angle ABC equals 47 degrees, angle ACB equals 90 degrees.

Since the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180, we can calculate angle BAC and find the value of Y as follows:

1809047=43 180-90-47=43

Now let's look at triangle ACD, where we are also given two angles.

Angle CAD equals 43 degrees, angle ACD equals 90 degrees.

Since the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180, we can calculate angle ADC and find the value of X as follows:

1809043=47 180-90-43=47

Answer

y=43, x=47

Exercise #11

Calculate the values of x, y, and z.

z25yx72105

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Angle Y complements 180 and we can calculate it since we know the adjacent angle.

Let's calculate it as follows:

180105=75 180-105=75

Now that we found angle Y, we can calculate angle X since we have the other two angles in the same triangle: 72 and 75.

1807572=33 180-75-72=33

We can calculate angle Z since we have two angles in the triangle: 25 and 105

The sum of angles in a triangle is 180, so we'll calculate Z as follows:

18010525=50 180-105-25=50

Answer

x = 33, y = 75, z = 50

Exercise #12

ΔABC is a right triangle.

ABC=50 ∢\text{ABC}=50

Calculate the size of angle MAB ∢\text{MAB} .

AAABBBCCCMMM50

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Since we are given that AM bisects BC, we can claim that AM is a median, therefore:

AM=BM=MC AM=BM=MC

As a result, we have created an isosceles triangle BMA, where BM=MA BM=MA

Since we are given that angle B is equal to 50, and in an isosceles triangle the base angles are equal to each other, we can claim:

B=MAB=50 B=MAB=50

Answer

50

Exercise #13

ABC is a right triangle.

ABC=50 ∢\text{ABC}=50

Calculate the size of CDM ∢CDM .

AAABBBCCCDDDMMM50

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Let's look at triangle ABC, where we are given two angles.

Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180, and we'll calculate angle C in the following way:

1809050=40 180-90-50=40

Now let's look at triangle CMD, where we are given two angles.

Let's remember that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180, and we'll calculate angle CDM in the following way:

1809040=50 180-90-40=50

Answer

50

Exercise #14

110110110105105105XXX

What is the value of X given the angles between parallel lines shown above?

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Due to the fact that the lines are parallel, we will begin by drawing a further imaginary parallel line that crosses the 110 angle.

The angle adjacent to the angle 105 is equal to 75 (a straight angle is equal to 180 degrees) This angle is alternate with the angle that was divided using the imaginary line, therefore it is also equal to 75.

In the picture we are shown that the whole angle is equal to 110. Considering that we found only a part of it, we will indicate the second part of the angle as X since it alternates and is equal to the existing X angle.

Therefore we can say that:

75+x=100 75+x=100

x=11075=35 x=110-75=35

Answer

35°

Exercise #15

Lines a and b are parallel.

What is the size of angle α \alpha ?

aaabbb120α

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First, let's draw another line parallel to the existing lines that will divide the given angle of 120 degrees in the following way:

aaabbb120α

Note that the line we drew creates two adjacent and straight angles, each equal to 90 degrees.

Now we can calculate the missing part of the angle known to us using the formula:

12090=30 120-90=30

Let's write down the known data as follows:

aaabbbα30

Note that from the drawing we can see that angle alpha and the angle equal to 30 degrees are alternate angles, therefore they are equal to each other.

α=30 \alpha=30

Answer

30

Exercise #16

Below is the triangle ABC.

The sum of the angles A ∢A and B ∢B is twice the size of angle C ∢C .

Calculate C ∢C .

AAABBBCCC

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Answer

60°

Exercise #17

Shown below is the triangle ABC.

A ∢A is 3 times greater than the sum of the rest of the angles.

Calculate A ∢A .AAABBBCCC

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Answer

135°

Exercise #18

Given the triangle ABC.

Dado ∢B>90° , A=20° ∢A=20°

Is it possible to calculate a ? B ∢B ?

If so, find how much the angle is equal to.

AAABBBCCC20°

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Answer

No

Exercise #19

ABC is a right triangle.

A=20° ∢A=20°

Is it possible to calculate the size of C ∢C ?

If so, what is it?

AAACCCBBB20°

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Answer

Yes, 70°.

Exercise #20

ABC is an obtuse triangle.

C=12A ∢C=\frac{1}{2}∢A

B=3A ∢B=3∢A

Is it possible to calculate A ∢A ?

If so, then what is it?

AAABBBCCC

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Answer

Yes, 40°.