SOLUTION: The angles of triangle ABC are in the ratio of 8:3:4. What is the measure of the smallest angle?

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Question 574560: The angles of triangle ABC are in the ratio of 8:3:4. What is the
measure of the smallest angle?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you want to split a number N up into three parts 
in the ratio of P:Q:R, the three parts are:

1st part: ·N
2nd part: ·N
3rd part: ·N

You know that the sum of the three angles in any triangle
is 180°.

So you want to split N=180° up into three parts 
in the ratio of 8:3:4, so
P=8, Q=3, R=4

1st part: ·180° = ·180° = 96° 
2nd part: ·180° = ·180° = 36°
3rd part: ·180° = ·180° = 48°

The smallest of those three is 36°.

[As a check we add those three: 96°+36°+48°= 180°]

Edwin
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