SOLUTION: Find the measures of the three angles of a triangle if the largest is 14 degrees less than three times the smallest, and the other angle is 4 degrees more than the smallest.

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Let x,(3x-14) and (x+4)represent the measures of the angles for this triangle

Question states***

x + (3x-14) +(x+4) = 180°

Solving for x

  5x = 190

   x = 38°   Angles are: 38°, 100°, 42°