A pennant is in the shape of an isoseceles traingle. One leg of the traingle is fastened to a stick so that the bottom leg of the traingle make a 68 degrees exterior angle with the stick. what is the measure of each remote interior angle?

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Draw a figure representing that situation:

Since the angle A and the angle of 68° are supplementary angles, then:

[tex]A+68=180[/tex]

Substract 68 from both sides of the equation to find A:

[tex]A=112[/tex]

Since the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is always 180, then:

[tex]\begin{gathered} A+B+B=180 \\ \Rightarrow A+2B=180 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Substitute for A=112:

[tex]112+2B=180[/tex]

Substract 112 from both sides of the equation:

[tex]2B=68[/tex]

Divide both sides of the equation by 2:

[tex]B=34[/tex]

Therefore, the measure of both remote angles is 34°.

(Both have the same measure, since it is an isosceles triangle).

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