Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Kodah on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 11:45am.

Joey says that triangle XYZ is obtuse. Robin disagrees because there are more acute angles then there are obtuse angles therefore it must be acute. Is either one of them correct? Explain your reasoning.

geometry - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 11:49am
Study these sites.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/acute-triangle.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/obtuse-triangle.html

What do you think?
geometry - eva, Monday, July 9, 2012 at 3:08pm
obtuse because the angle is more than 90 degrees

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