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Use Angle Sums as Constraints

Known angle totals can turn geometry into simple subtraction.

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The method

How to use it

  1. Identify the relevant total: 180° on a line or triangle, 360° around a point.
  2. Add known angles.
  3. Subtract from the total.
Worked example

See it in action

Triangle angles 48° and 67° leave 180−115=65°.

Check your thinking

How to verify it

48+67+65=180.