document.write( "Question 566513: in a triangle the second angle is 5 times as large as the first, and the third angle is 18 degrees less than 4 times the first angle. find the size of the angles \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the measure of the first angle. Then the measure of the second angle must be

and the measure of the third angle must be

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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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