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Question in a triangle, the measure of the first angle is four times the measure of the second
angle. The measure of the third angle is 78° more than the second angle. What is the
measure of the first angle?
17°
95°
68°
43°
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Answer 1

Answer:

The first angle is 68.

Step-by-step explanation:

$x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}=180\\x_{1} = 4*x_{2}\\x_{3}=x_{2}+ 78\\4*x_{2} + x_{2} + x_{2}+ 78 = 180\\6*x_{2}=102\\x_{2} = 17$

So $x_{1}=68$ and $x_{3}=95$