SOLUTION: In a triangle, the first angle is 10 degrees smaller than the second angle. The third angle is three times as large as the first angle. What are the sizes of angles?

Algebra.Com
Question 704108: In a triangle, the first angle is 10 degrees smaller than the second angle. The third angle is three times as large as the first angle. What are the sizes of angles?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1) x-10=34
2) x=44
3) 3(x-10)=102
----------------
x-10+x+3x-30=180
5x=180+40
5x=220
x=220/5
x=44
x-10=34
3(x-10)=102

RELATED QUESTIONS

The second angle in a triangle is half as large as the first. The third angle is three... (answered by pmesler)
The second angle in a triangle is three times as large as the first. The third angle is... (answered by mananth)
the second angle of a triangle is two times as large as the first. the third angle is 10 (answered by funmath)
The second angle in a triangle is 5 times as large as the first, the third angle is 2/3... (answered by www.mathmartian.com)
The second angle of a triangle is three times as large as the first. The third angle is... (answered by TutorDelphia)
The second angle of a triangle is three times as large as the first. The third angle is... (answered by rfer)
The second angle of a triangle is three times as large as the first. The third angle is... (answered by tomlaidlaw)
The second angle of a building lot is three times as large as the first,The third angle (answered by checkley79)
solve the second angle of a triangle is 3 times as large as the first. the third angle (answered by John10)