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Reply 1
Original post by iamspiderman



"Write an expression in terms of x for the sum of the angles"

angle 1 + angle 2 + angle 3 = 2x-3 + .....+.....

Simplify the expression.

What do you get?
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Reply 3
Original post by iamspiderman
I did:

2x-3 + x+4 + x+ 19
And simplified:
4x + 20
Is this right ?


Correct.
Reply 4
Original post by iamspiderman
I did:

2x-3 + x+4 + x+ 19
And simplified:
4x + 20
Is this right ?


Yes.

Now write the equation. The sum of the angles is 180 degrees so 4x+20=....

Solve that and then work out the smallest angle.
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