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What is the greatest number of acute angles that a triangle can contain?

A.3
B.1
C.0
D.2

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Answer:

3

Explanation:

We know that the sum of the angles of a triangle is 180

Assume that the angles are equal

x+x+x = 180

3x= 180

x = 180/3 =60

All three angles are less than 90 which makes them acute so we know that we can have 3 acute angles

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