SOLUTION: if the message of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3:3:4 what is the messure of the largest angle of the triangel

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Question 550984: if the message of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3:3:4 what is the messure of the largest angle of the triangel
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The sum of all the angles of a triangle add up to 180
Based on the ratios, we know that 3 times the scale factor and 3 times the scale factor and 4 times the scale factor is 180
3x+3x+4x=180
Combine like terms
10x+180
divide by 10
x=18
Which makes our largest angle: 72 because
4x=72