SOLUTION: Question 547825: one angle of a triangle is 20 degrees more than the smallest angle. another angle is 8 degrees less than twice the smallest angle. what is each angle?

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Question 547837: Question 547825: one angle of a triangle is 20 degrees more than the smallest angle. another angle is 8 degrees less than twice the smallest angle. what is each angle?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the measure of the smallest angle. Then one of the other angles is and the third angle is .

The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is , so:



Solve for , then calculate and

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