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If three sides of a triangle are a , 3 a and 2 a, then the measure of the angle opposite to the longest side is:

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The sides form a pythagorian triplet because the sum of square of 2 sides ( a and 2a) is equal to the square of the third side (i.e. 3a)
Thus, triangle is a right angled triangle. This means the greatest angle is 90 degree.
We know that, in a triangle, the greatest angle lies opposite to the greatest side.
Thus, the angle opposite to greatest side will be 90 degrees

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