SOLUTION: The first angle of a triangle is 30 degrees less than the second angle.The third angle of a triangle is four times the second angle. Use x to represent the unknown value. Write an

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Question 987966: The first angle of a triangle is 30 degrees less than the second angle.The third angle of a triangle is four times the second angle. Use x to represent the unknown value. Write an algebraic expression for each of the quantities being compared.
First angle=?
Second angle=?
Third angle=?

Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
I slightly corrected your formulation.
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First angle = x-30

Second angle = x

Third angle = 4x

An equation is

(x-30) + x + 4x = 180.

Solve it:

x - 30 + x + 4x = 180,
6x = 180 + 30,
6x = 210,
x = 210%2F6 = 35°.

Answer.  35°.