Question

The seven inner triangles in the picture are isosceles. The larger, outer triangle is also isosceles.

a. What is the value of each angle in the picture in terms of a?

b. Jimothy notices that the leading coefficient of a in one triangle is one more than the previous triangle. Why is this, can you explain to limothy why this occurs?

Answer 1

a. The angles in the picture are: a, 2a, 2a, 3a, 3a, 4a, 4a, 5a.

Explanation: