Question 396810
The three angles in a triangle always add up to 180 degrees. If one angle in a triangle is 72 degrees and the second is 2 times the third, what are the angles?
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Let the third be "x".
Then the 2nd is "2x".
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Equation:
x + 2x + 72 = 180
3x = 108
x = 36 degrees
2x = 72 degree
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Cheers,
Stan H.