document.write( "Question 836252: (Can someone please help me with this question?)
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document.write( "The residents of a downtown neighborhood designed a triangular-shaped park as part of a city beautification program. The park is bound by streets on all sides. The second angle of the triangle is 5^o more than the first. The third angle is 5^o less than eight times the first. Find the measures of the angles.
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document.write( "The measure of the first angle is x=?
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document.write( "The measure of the second angle is x+5=?
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document.write( "The measure of the third angle is 8x-5=? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #504049 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The key to the problem is that all the angles of a triangle add up to 180. \n" ); document.write( "x+x+5+8x-5=180 \n" ); document.write( "x=18 \n" ); document.write( "x+5=23 \n" ); document.write( "18+23=41 \n" ); document.write( "180-41=139 \n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( "8*18-5=139 \n" ); document.write( "18, 23, 139 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |