SOLUTION: the degree measures of the acutes angles of an equilateral triangle are represented by x+12, 3x-8, and 2x+2. What is the measure of each side of the triangle?

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Question 346385: the degree measures of the acutes angles of an equilateral triangle are represented by x+12, 3x-8, and 2x+2. What is the measure of each side of the triangle?
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Something is very wrong with the way you stated your problem. The degree measure of any of the angles of an equilateral triangle is . So how could the degree measures of your three angles be equal to three different expressions? would have to have a different value in each of the expressions. Be that as it may, whether an equilateral triangle has sides that measure 3 Angstroms or 3 light-years, the angles are still exactly , hence knowing the measure of the angles tells you nothing about the measure of the sides.


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