Triangle XYZ is isosceles. The base angles, angle X and angle Y, are four times the measure of the vertex angle, angle Z. What is the measure of angle X?
1 Answer
Nov 14, 2015
Set up two equations with two unknowns
You will find X and Y = 30 degrees, Z = 120 degrees
Explanation:
You know that
You can work out two equations:
Since there are 180 degrees in a triangle, that means:
Substitute
We can also make another equation based on that angle
Now, let's put equation 2 into equation 1 by substituting
Insert this value of X into either the first or the second equation (let's do number 2):