document.write( "Question 541014: The three angles in a triangle always add up to 180 degrees. In a triangle,one angle measures 32 degrees and the second angle is 5 times larger than the third angle. Find the measures of the angles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "When I divide by 6 I get a decimal answer, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. \n" ); document.write( "

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32+x+5x=180
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document.write( "Instead of getting a decimal, get an improper fraction instead:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 6, by putting 6 under each side:\r\n" );
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document.write( " = °  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce the fraction\r\n" );
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document.write( "x = °\r\n" );
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document.write( "Change the improper fraction to a mixed number:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x = °\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 60 minutes in a degree.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Convert the  to minutes by multiplying  times 60',\r\n" );
document.write( "getting 40', so the answer is\r\n" );
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document.write( " x =  24°40' = third angle\r\n" );
document.write( "5x = 120°200' = second angle, but we need to simplify that.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We convert 200 minutes to degrees by diving by 60\r\n" );
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document.write( " =  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "So we add 3 to the number of degrees getting 123°, \r\n" );
document.write( "and we convert the  to minutes by multiplying by 60,\r\n" );
document.write( "getting 20'.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Second angle = 123°20' \r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin

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