Instructional Video5:02
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Why Are the Angles of Equilateral Triangles Always Equal to 60¼?

6th - 10th
Learn how to identify an equilateral triangle by evaluating its congruent sides. Once you've determined that that sides are congruent you'll be able to use the triangle sum theorem to determine the angles in an equilateral triangle. This...
Instructional Video5:09
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How Do You Find Missing Angles in a Triangle With Variables?

8th - 10th
Are you working on finding the missing angles of triangles in your class? Consider this video. An instructor uses the triangle sum theorem to create an equation that helps her find the missing angles. She explains each step and writes...
Instructional Video5:58
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What is a Triangle?

1st - 5th
Triangles, triangles, triangles. What makes a polygon a triangle? How many types of triangles are there? How do you determine what kind of triangle it is? Watch this video as the teacher explains 'tri' meaning three, making a triangle -...
Instructional Video5:44
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How Do You Find Missing Angles in a Triangle With Variables?

6th - 12th
Are you working on finding the missing angles in triangles in your class? Consider this video. An instructor uses the triangle sum theorem to create an equation that helps her find the missing angles. She explains each step and writes...
Instructional Video5:39
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How Do You Find the Angles in a Triangle if You Have a Ratio of Their Measures?

6th - 11th
Use the Triangle Sum Theorem to find the value of each of the inside angles of a triangle. This triangle problem has to do with the ratio of the angles to each other. Find the measure of each angle if the ratio is 1:3:8. Not sure how to...
Instructional Video3:34
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How Do You Find a Missing Angle in a Right Triangle?

6th - 8th
The triangle sum theorem states that the interior angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. So it seems logical that if there are two known values given for the interior angles of a triangle, the third value could be found using this...
Instructional Video3:40
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How Do You Find Missing Angles in an Isosceles Triangle Using Right Triangles?

6th - 8th
Given an isosceles triangle, and the value of one angle, find the missing values. There are some special properties about isosceles triangles. Use the triangle sum theorem to solve this problem. Watch this video to see how the instructor...
Instructional Video4:28
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How Do You Find Missing Angles in an Isosceles Triangle?

6th - 8th
Finding the missing values of two angles in an isosceles triangle is not as difficult as it sounds. But how can two out of three angle's measurements be found? Well, there are special properties about an isosceles triangle which make...
Instructional Video4:22
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How Do You Find a Missing Angle in a Triangle?

6th - 10th
The interior angles of any and ALL triangles adds up to 180 degrees. So if given two of the angle degrees, is it possible to find the value of the third angle? Yes! Use the triangle sum theorem to solve for the missing angle. Watch this...
Instructional Video4:48
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What is the Triangle Sum Theorem?

6th - 9th
If you add the value of the three interior angles in a triangle will it equal 180 degrees? Yes it will. The instructor illustrates and proves the Triangle Sum Theorem. Follow closely as she explains her proof.