SOLUTION: In triangle ABC, the measure of angle B is 22 more than three times the measure of angle A. The measure of angle C is 53 more than the measure of angle A. What is the measurements

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Question 1199133: In triangle ABC, the measure of angle B is 22 more than three times the measure of angle A. The measure of angle C is 53 more than the measure of angle A. What is the measurements of all of the angles A, B, and C?
Answer by ikleyn(52833) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let "a" be the measure of angle A.

Then the measure of angle B is  3a+22  degrees, according to the condition,
and  the measure of angle C is   a+53  degrees.


The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, which gives you this equation

    a + (3a+22) + (a+53) = 180.


Solve it and find "a", the measure of angle A.


Then find the measures of angles B and C.

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