SOLUTION: In a triangle, the sum of the interior angles is 180 degrees. If angle A is three times as large as angle B, and angles B and C sum to 90 degrees, what is the measure of each angl

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Question 121970: In a triangle, the sum of the interior angles is 180 degrees. If angle A is three times as large as angle B, and angles B and C sum to 90 degrees, what is the measure of each angle?
Answer by oscargut(2103) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let angle B=x
so angle A +angle B + angle C =180
so 3x+x+(90-x)=180 then 3x+90=180 then x=30
angle B =30 degrees, angle A=90 degrees and angle C= 60 degrees