document.write( "Question 707133: two angles of a triangle is the same size. the third angle is 12 degrees smaller than the first angle. find the measure the angle
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The sum of the angles of a triangle equal 180
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+%2B+B+%2B+C+=+180\"
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"A+=+B\"
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 3: \"A+-+12+=+C\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Note that equations 2 and 3 are written in terms of A. You can substitute the values of B & C into equation 1.
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"A+%2B+B+%2B+C+=+180\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A+%2B+%28A%29+%2B+%28A+-+12%29+=+180\"
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms
\n" ); document.write( "\"3A+-+12+=+180\"
\n" ); document.write( "Add 12 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"3A+=+192\"
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 3
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A+=+64%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Now plug 64 into equation 2 for A
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"A+=+B\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%2864+=+B%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Now plug 64 into equation 3 for A
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 3: \"A+-+12+=+C\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"64+-+12+=+C\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2852+=+C%29\"
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