SOLUTION: Find measures of angle of a triangle if the first angle is three times the measure of the second angle and the third angle is twenty degrees more than the second angle

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Question 343987: Find measures of angle of a triangle if the first angle is three times the measure of the second angle and the third angle is twenty degrees more than the second angle
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NEED TO KNOW:
THE SUM OF THE ANGLES FOR A TRIANGLE IS 180.
A%5B1%5D%2BA%5B2%5D%2BA%5B3%5D=180
QUESTION STATES THE FOLLOWING TO BE TRUE:
A%5B1%5D=3%2AA%5B2%5D AND A%5B3%5D=A%5B2%5D%2B2O
SUBSTITUTE:

SUBTRACT 20 FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION
5%2AA%5B2%5D=160
DIVIDE BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION BY 5
A%5B2%5D=32
A%5B1%5D=96 AND A%5B3%5D=52 ACCORDINGLY
CHECK YOUR ANSWER
96 + 32 + 52 = 180