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The sum of the angle measures of a triangle is 180 degrees angles of a triangle measure 40 and 70 degrees , so Katy concludes that the third angle measures 70inductive or Deductive ??i need help

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From the fact that the sum of the angle measures of a triangle must be equal to 180º and that two angles have measures of 40º and 70º, we can deduce that the third angle must have a measure of 70º.

Therefore, this was a deductive argument.

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