FAN AND MEDAL
Can the following be angles of a triangle? Why or why not?
a. 20 °, 60°, 100°
b. 85° , 89° , 6°

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FAN AND MEDAL
Can the following be angles of a triangle?  Why or why not?
a.	20 °, 60°, 100°						
b.	85° , 89° , 6°

butterflydreamer · Answer

Well, you know the angle sum of a triangle is 180 from your previous question.
Meaning that all 3 angles in a triangle must add up to 180.
If the angle sum if above or below 180, it can't be the angles of a triangle.

anonymous · Answer

so they can't be a triangle any of them? @butterflydreamer

butterflydreamer · Answer

well work it out.
plug the three values into the calculator and tell me what you get for a and b.

anonymous · Answer

A=180 and B=180

butterflydreamer · Answer

so will they both be the angles of a triangle? :O

butterflydreamer · Answer

hint: read what i first wrote in my first comment. :)

anonymous · Answer

yes thank you :)

butterflydreamer · Answer

no problem ^_^!