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Compound angles
Question

Number of triangles ABC if tan A = x, tan B = x + 1,and tan C = 1- x is_____. 

Moderate
Solution

ABC,tan A+tan B+tan C=tan A tan B tan C
 x+x+1+1x=x(1+x)(1x)
or  2+x=xx3
or  x3=2x=21/3
tanA=x<0 A is obtuse tanB=x+1=121/3<0
Hence, A and B are obtuse, which is not possible in a triangle.
Hence, no such triangle can exist.

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