document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=743699>Question 743699</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One angle of a triangle is 3 times as large as another. The measure of the third angle is 40 degrees greater than that of the smallest angle. How large are the angles? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = b+40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c = 180<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for a and for c, and solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b + b + b+40 = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 28 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 3b = 84 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 68 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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