document.write( "Question 78963: The sum of the three angles in any triangle is 180 degrees. The smallest angle in a given triangle is one-half the second angle and 52 degrees smaller than the largest angle. How many degrees does each angle contain?\r
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Let the smallest angle be x
\n" ); document.write( "then the second angle = 2x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The largest angle = x + 52\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Sum of all the angles = 180\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x + 2x + x + 52 = 180\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4x + 52 = 180\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4x = 180 - 52\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> 4x = 128\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> x = 128/4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " = 32\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus the angles of the triangle are 32, 64, 84 degrees\r
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