document.write( "Question 824226: This is my question.
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document.write( "A, b, c are angles around a point. (I already know that angles around a point is 360). Angle b is 15 degrees more than angle a. Angle c is 95 degrees. By constructing an equation and solving it, find angle a and b.
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document.write( "This is what I have tried before asking.
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document.write( "A+b+c=360
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document.write( "A+b+95=360
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document.write( "A+b=360-95
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document.write( "A+b=265
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document.write( "15+b=265
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document.write( "B=265-15
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document.write( "B=240
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document.write( "This is where I get stuck because even with this answer(so if a and b equal this) 240+95 does not equal 360 but equals 335. Can you tell me where I went wrong please. Thanks. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #496188 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You went wrong here. \n" ); document.write( "a+b=265 \n" ); document.write( "15+b=265 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "should be a=15+b \n" ); document.write( "and since \n" ); document.write( "a+b=265 \n" ); document.write( "b+15+b=265 \n" ); document.write( "2b=250 \n" ); document.write( "b=125 \n" ); document.write( "a+125=265 \n" ); document.write( "a=140 \n" ); document.write( "c=95\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |