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The figure where the internal angles can vary but must sum to 180° is a triangle. This is a fundamental property of triangles in Euclidean geometry. Regardless of the type of triangle—be it scalene, isosceles, or equilateral—the total measure of its three internal angles will always add up to 180°.

This property holds true regardless of size or shape variations within the category of triangles. For example, an obtuse triangle has one angle greater than 90°, while an acute triangle has all three angles less than 90°, but no matter how you adjust the angles, their sum remains constant at 180°.

In contrast, figures like squares and rectangles have fixed internal angles of 90°, making the total always equal to 360°. A pentagon, having five sides, has a total internal angle sum of 540°. These properties of the other figures do not apply in the same way as they do for triangles, which is why triangles are unique in their angle sum property.