Question

The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle measures 42°. A base angle in the triangle has a measure given by (2x + 3)°. What is the value of x? What is the measure of each base angle? x = 42 Each base angle measures 180 °.

Answer 1

its 33 and 69 yall stay wrong

Answer 2

An isosceles triangle is one in which 2 angles have similar measure while the other one is different. In this case, the 2 vertex angles have a measure of 42 degrees, therefore the third angle which is equal to (2x + 3) is:

(2x + 3) + 42 + 42 = 180

2x + 3 = 96

x = 46.5°