document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031231>Question 1031231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tanya has a triangular garden bed in her back yard. The measure of the largest angle is 30 degrees less than twice the measure of the smallest. And the measure of the middle angle is 10 degrees more then the smallest. Find the measure of the three angles   Start your work by defining the unknown quantities in terms of a variable  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #645994 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=645994\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We know that a triangle has 180 degrees. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Angle A + Angle B + Angle C = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let A be the smallest and C be the largest.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 2A - 30 (The measure of the largest angle is 30 degrees less than twice the measure of the smallest.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = A + 10 (And the measure of the middle angle is 10 degrees more then the smallest.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute what you know into the first equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B + C = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + (A+10) + (2A-30) = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4A-20 = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4A = 200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If A = 50, then B = 50+10, and C =2(50)-30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 + 60 + 70 = 180<BR>\n" );
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