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Classify a triangle with angles 60, 70, 80

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The question

Question: find what kind of triangle has angles 60°, 70°, 80°.

1 Check the angles

The angles of a triangle always add up to 180°.

These add up to 210°.

So no triangle has these angles: this is impossible.

60 + 70 + 80 = 210
Answer
60 + 70 + 80 = 210

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