SOLUTION: In a triangle, one angle measures 70 degrees less than the second angle. The third angle measures 80 more than the first. What are the angles?

Question 361684: In a triangle, one angle measures 70 degrees less than the second angle. The third angle measures 80 more than the first. What are the angles?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a triangle, one angle measures 70 degrees less than the second angle. The third angle measures 80 more than the first. What are the angles?
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let second angle be x
first angle = x-70
third angle = x-70+80=x+10
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add up
x+x-70+x+10=180
3x-60=180
3x=180+60
3x=240
x= 80
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80, 10, 90
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