If you are given that one angle of a triangle measures 0 degrees, what would be the measuremenrs of the other 2 angles?
I don't think you can have a triangle with one angle measuring 0 degrees. Zero degrees is a straight line, therefore not an angle.
kk, thanx, that's what i thought, but my physics teacher said it is possible. I don't understand.
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As one of the angle of a triangle approaches zero, the sum of the other two approaches 180 degrees. Since the figure becomes a very slender triangle, the other two angls either both approach 90 degrees (if it is an isosceles triangle), or 0 and 180 degrees.
Thank you, DrWLS.
If one of the angles of a triangle measures 0 degrees, it means that one of the angles is completely straight and has no measure. In a triangle, the sum of all three angles is always 180 degrees. Since one angle is 0 degrees, the other two angles must add up to 180 degrees.
Therefore, the measurements of the other two angles can be any two angles whose sum is equal to 180 degrees. This means that the other two angles can be any pair of angles that add up to 180 degrees, such as 60 degrees and 120 degrees, or 90 degrees and 90 degrees, or 30 degrees and 150 degrees, and so on.