Total number of non similar triangles which can be formed such that all the angles of the triangles are integers

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My question is: " Find the total number of non similar triangles which can be formed such that all the angles of the triangles are integers"

My attempt: Let $x$, $y$ and $z$ be the angles of the triangles. So $x+y+z=180$, where $x,y,z \ge1$. Total =$\binom{n-1}{r-1}=\binom{179}{2}=15931$. How to proceed further? We have to subtract the total number of similar triangles from this number.

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I'm assuming you measure angles in degrees, that degenerate triangles are forbidden, and that mirror congruent triangles are considered congruent.

The similarity type of a triangle is then determined by its angles $x$, $y$, $z$, whereby $x\leq y\leq z$. It follows that $1\leq x\leq 60$. Given $x$ we can write $y=x+t$ with $t\geq0$, and we have to take care that $$x+t=y\leq z=180-x-(x+t)\ .$$ It follows that $$0\leq t\leq {180-3x\over2}\ ,$$ so that we have $$a(x):=1+\left\lfloor{180-3x\over2}\right\rfloor$$ admissible choices for $t$. For $x=2m$ we obtain $a(2m)=91-3m$, and for $x=2m-1$ we obtain $a(2m-1)=92-3m$. It follows that the total number $N$ of triangles is given by $$N=\sum_{m=1}^{30}(183-6m)=2700\ .$$