document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1114392>Question 1114392</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in triangle abc, angle b is 40 degrees less than angle a and angle c is two times bigger than angle b. What is the measure of each angle?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The response from the other tutor is correct.  The phrase \"angle c is two times bigger than angle b\", correctly interpreted, means that c is equal to b plus two more times b: c = b+2b = 3b.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the problem is finished with that interpretation, the angles are b=28, a=b+40 = 68, and c=3b = 84.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is very likely that the author of the problem meant that angle c is two times AS BIG AS angle b; that would mean c = 2b.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of course you get different answers to the problem with the different interpretations.  With the grammatically incorrect interpretation that c=2b, the angles are b=35, a=35+40=75, and c=2b=70. </SPAN>\n" );
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