Unit 5 Section 6 : Finding Angles in TrianglesSum of the Interior Angles of a Triangle
The angles inside a triangle are called interior angles.
The three interior angles in a triangle will always add up to 180°. At each corner the exterior and interior angles are on a straight line, so at each corner these two angles add up to 180°. Types of Triangle When looking at the sides, there are three types of triangle: Isosceles, Equilateral and Scalene
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Look at the triangle in the diagram below.
What is the size of missing angle a?  
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