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Classify the triangle shown by its angles. Justify your reasoning.

Classify the triangle shown by its angles. Justify your reasoning.-example-1
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The sum of the measures of the triangle is 15x+1+4x-1+6x+5 = 25x+5. 25x+5 is equal to 180 degrees because the interior angles of a triangle always sum to 180 degrees. Solving for x gives us the following:

25x+5 = 180

25x = 175

x = 7.

Substituting x=7 into all the expressions gives us the angle measures, in degrees: 106, 27, and 47. Since the triangle has a obtuse angle, it is an obtuse triangle.

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