document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=137166>Question 137166</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to translate into equations to be solved? Thanks! \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a triangle, the sum of the interior angles is 180 degrees.  If angle A is three times as large as angle B, and angles B and C sum to 90 degrees, what is the measure of each angle?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #100357 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=snovember85><B>snovember85(4)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=snovember85><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=100357\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since the sum of the interior angles is 180, then A+B+C=180. A is 3 times larger than B, so A = 3B. Notice that B+C=90, that means A = 90, because the sum of three angles is 180. So (A =) 3B = 90, then B = 90/3 = 30. Knowing B is 30, you can figure out C = 90 - 30 = 60.  </SPAN>\n" );
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