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5. Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles
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Exercise 43 Page 381

m∠ JKL=80

Practice makes perfect

Looking at the given diagram, we see that LJ≅ LK. We also found that the measure of ∠ JLK=20^(∘) in a previous exercise.

Now, we will remember the classification of triangles.
Classification of Triangles
Scalene Triangle A scalene triangle is a triangle in which all three sides have different lengths.
Isosceles Triangle An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two congruent sides and two base angles with the same measure.
Equilateral Triangle An equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all the sides are congruent.
Acute Triangle An acute triangle is a triangle where all angles are less than 90^(∘) or π2.
Obtuse Triangle An obtuse triangle is a triangle with exactly one an angle whose measure is greater than 90^(∘) or π2.
Right Triangle A right triangle is a specific type of triangle that contains one angle of 90^(∘).

Since the given triangle has two congruent sides, triangle JKL is an isosceles triangle. We want to find m ∠ JKL. To do so, we will consider the Isosceles Triangle Theorem.

Isosceles Triangle Theorem

If two sides of a triangle are congruent, then the angles opposite those sides are congruent.

This means that m∠ JKL=m∠ KJL. Then, we can use the Triangle Sum Theorem to calculate these missing angle measures.
m∠ JLK+m∠ JKL+m∠ KJL=180
20+m∠ JKL+ m∠ JKL=180
20+2m∠ JKL=180
2m∠ JKL=160
m∠ JKL=80
As a result, we found that m∠ JKL=80.