document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373463>Question 373463</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help I have tired several times with this problem.  I know the angles (back of the book) but I can't understand how got their answers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is the question: The second angle in a triangle is five times as large as the first. The third angle is two-thirds as large as the first. What are the angle measures?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5x+x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=wrong </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The third angle is two-thirds as large as the first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What are the angle measures?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the 1st angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 2nd angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x = the 3rd angle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 5x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply each term by 3 to get rid of the denominator<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18x + 2x = 3(180)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x = 540<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=540%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"540%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 27 degrees is the 1st angle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think you can find the other angles </SPAN>\n" );
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