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Can a triangle have two obtuse angles? Explain

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Because a triangle is only 180 you can not have two obtuse angles.
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Remember that an obtuse angle measures greater than 90°.

A triangle never contains two obtuse angles.

If a triangle were to contain two obtuse angles, then there would be two angles in the triangle that measure greater than 90°, so the sum of these two angles would be greater than 180°. Since we know that the sum of all three angles in a triangle must be exactly 180°, it doesn't make sense that the sum of two of the angles would already by greater than 180°.

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