document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=314059>Question 314059</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone please help me with this word problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second angle of a triangle is 3 times as large as the first. The third angle is 75 degree more than the first. Find the measure of each angle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x represent the first angle and the second angle will be 3x and the third will be x+75. We know every triangle has 180 degrees, right? We can set up the following equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x+x+75=180 Combine like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+75=180 Subtract 75 from both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=105 Divide each side by 5 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=21 degrees for the first angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you can figure out the other two angles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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