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How many unique triangles can be made where one angle 60° and another angle is an obtuse angle?

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That set of requirements narrows it down to only
an infinite number of possible unique triangles.

-- One angle is 60°. That leaves 120° for the sum of the other two.

-- One angle is obtuse. It can be anything more than 90°
and less than 120°.

-- And the third angle gets whatever is left.

-- If you don't mind fractional or decimal parts of degrees, then we
already have an infinite number of possible combinations of angles.
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Every possible combination of angles defines a unique set of
RATIOs among the sides.

But for EVERY unique set of RATIOs, there are an infinite number of possible unique triangles that are SIMILAR to each other.

Example:

If the angles determine that the sides must be in the ratio of 1:2:3,
then the triangle can have sides of

1, 2, and 3
2, 4, and 6
3, 6, and 9
4, 8, and 12
5, 10, and 15
6, 12, and 18
7, 14, and 21
8, 16, and 24
9, 18, and 27
10, 20, and 30
.
.
etc.

These all have the SAME set of ANGLES, and the same RATIO
among the sides, but they're all different unique triangles.
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