document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=87623>Question 87623</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please i need help on this question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         If one angle of a triangle is tree times a second angle and the third angle is 20 degrees more than the second angle, the SECOND ANGLE is..... </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #63526 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=63526\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the angles be A, B, and C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the problem description, you can write:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 3B  \"One angle is 3 times a second.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = B+20  \"The third angle is 20 degrees more than the second angle.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, we are looking for the measure of angle B, the second angle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You already are aware that, in any triangle, the sum of the angles is 180 degrees, so you can write:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B + C = 180  Now substitute for A and C their equivalent values from above:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3B) + B + (B+20) = 180  Simplify and solve for B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5B + 20 = 180  Subtract 20 from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5B = 160  Divide both sides by 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 32 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+B+C = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(32)+32+(32+20) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96+32+52 = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 = 180 Check! </SPAN>\n" );
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