The equation where , and are sides of triangle , and the equation have a common root . Find the measure of angle in degrees.
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The solutions of x 2 + 2 x + 1 = 0 are − 2 1 + 2 i and − 2 1 − 2 i .
If an equation with real coefficients, and sides of a triangle should be real, has one of these solutions, it will have the other as well. So the equations will differ from x 2 + 2 x + 1 = 0 only by a constant coefficient multiplying the left side. All such triangles will be similar, so for calculating the angle we can limit ourselves to the simplest form of the equations with a = 1 , b = 2 , c = 1 .
Since a 2 + c 2 = b 2 this forms an right isosceles triangle and ∠ C = 4 5 ∘ .