document.write( "Question 824226: This is my question.
\n" ); 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.
\n" ); document.write( "This is what I have tried before asking.
\n" ); document.write( "A+b+c=360
\n" ); document.write( "A+b+95=360
\n" ); document.write( "A+b=360-95
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\n" ); document.write( "15+b=265
\n" ); document.write( "B=265-15
\n" ); document.write( "B=240
\n" ); 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" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "This is my question.
\n" ); 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.
\n" ); document.write( "This is what I have tried before asking.
\n" ); document.write( "A+b+c=360
\n" ); document.write( "A+b+95=360
\n" ); document.write( "A+b=360-95
\n" ); document.write( "A+b=265
\n" ); document.write( "15+b=265
\n" ); document.write( "B=265-15
\n" ); document.write( "B=240
\n" ); 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.\r
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document.write( "You're correct up to: a + b = 265 ----- eq (i)
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document.write( "After that, it should be: b = a + 15
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document.write( "a + a + 15 = 265 ------- Substituting a + 15 for b in eq (i)
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document.write( "2a = 265 - 15
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document.write( "2a = 250
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document.write( "a = , or 
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document.write( "b = 265 - 125, or 
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