Arrange the given statements in groups to show whether they are always true, sometimes true or false.

## False

Angles in a triangle add up to 180o

x + 5 = 10

A shape with four sides is a rectangle.

The radius is equal to the diameter

x + 5 = 5 - x

5 ÷ x = x

x2 > x

An angle greater than 90o is obtuse

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Monday, June 24, 2013

"True or False Level 3 has a lot of ambiguous statements that could be true, false or sometimes be true! For example, the external angles of a REGULAR hexagon are all 60 degrees each making the statement true wheras in the case of an IRREGULAR hexagon, this is not the case necessarily - making the 'sometimes option' applicable. Could you post the solution to this please as I'm pulling my hair out (what little I still have)! Many thanks.

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Nick, Waipahu Intermediate

Monday, October 25, 2021

"I just cannot find a solution for x such that 5/x=x
It is in the "sometimes true" category

Transum: Hello Nick,
Beginning with $$\frac{5}{x} = x$$
Multiply both sides by $$x$$ then find the square root of both sides.
Does that help?
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