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How Do You Find Missing Angles in an Isosceles Triangle?
Find the value of x in the figure below
Summary
- We have a polygon with 3 sides, which means it is a triangle
- Since we have 2 congruent sides, we have an isosceles triangle
- The angles across from the congruent sides are congruent to each other, so we have two angles that measure x
- The three angles of a triangle always add to 180
°

Notes
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- Our polygon has 3 sides, which means it's a triangle
- Since two of the sides are the same length, but the third is different, we have an isosceles triangle
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- Isosceles triangles have two equal sides and two equal angles
- Our triangle has two sides that measure 6
- The two congruent angles are across from the congruent sides
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The Triangle Sum Theorem says that the three angles of a triangle always add up to 180
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So we can add our three angle measures and set them equal to 180
° to solve for x
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The Triangle Sum Theorem says that the three angles of a triangle always add up to 180
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