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Question 372632: What is the answer if the question is... Solve the following word problem by setting up and solving an algebraic equation. Find the measures of the three angles of a triangle if the largest is 2(degrees) less than three times the smallest, and the other angle is 12(degrees) larger than the smallest.
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x+(3x-2)+(x+12)=180
5x=170
x=34 degrees
3x-2=100 degrees
x+12=46 degrees