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Can a triangle be drawn with the following angle measures? Why or why not?
50°, 70°, 70°

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no, a triangle can only add up to 180°
User Skub
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No it can not be, because the angles of any triangle ALWAYS add up to 180 degrees, no matter what. If you add all of these angles together it adds up to 190 degrees. To test this draw a triangle and rip off all the corners, they don't have to be perfect, and then you need to fit them all together with the points connecting and it should create a straight line, or 180 degrees, hope this helps!
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