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ACT Math: Plane Geometry Drill 4, Problem 2. If x, y, and z are all integer values, which of the following cannot be the ratio of x:y:z?
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If x, y, and z are all integer values, which of the following cannot be the ratio
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of x:y:z?
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And here are your options...
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All we know about this triangle is that its angles are integer values, meaning that they
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aren't fractions or decimals. We also know that
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the sum of a triangle's angles always equal 180 degrees. So... since the ratios of the
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angles are always relative to 180 degrees, we have to look for the ratio that can't
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allow the angles to be integers. In English, that basically means that, since
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we're dividing up 180 degrees into little parts...
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...180 has to be divisible by the total number
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of parts in the ratio. The question is asking for the ratio that
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can't be possible, so we have to look for the one that isn't divisible by 180. Let's
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try: A: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 180 / 6 = 30
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B: 1 + 2 + 2 = 5, 180 / 5 = 36 C: 1 + 1 + 2 = 4, 180 / 4 = 45
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D: 1 + 2 + 4 = 7, 180 / 7 = 25.715 E: 1 + 2 + 6 = 9, 180 / 9 = 20
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Our answer is D because it doesn't produce an integer value, which means that each part
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is not an integer, which ultimately means that the angles can't be integers either.
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