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In the figure above, if a:b:c = 3:4:1, what is the value of a?

In the figure above, if a:b:c = 3:4:1, what is the value of a?-example-1

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let's bear in mind that a flat-line has 180°°, therefore a + b + c = 180.

now, that total of 180 is split in a ratio of 3:4:1, what we do to get the values is simply divide the total by (3+4+1) and distribute accordingly.


\bf \stackrel{a}{3\cdot (180)/(3+4+1)}~~:~~\stackrel{b}{4\cdot (180)/(3+4+1)}~~:~~\stackrel{c}{1\cdot (180)/(3+4+1)}\implies~\hfill \stackrel{a}{3\cdot \cfrac{45}{2}}~~:~~\stackrel{b}{4\cdot \cfrac{45}{2}}~~:~~\stackrel{c}{1\cdot \cfrac{45}{2}} \\\\\\ \stackrel{a}{\cfrac{135}{2}}~~:~~\stackrel{b}{90}~~:~~\stackrel{c}{\cfrac{45}{2}}\qquad \qquad \boxed{a = 67.5^o}

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Answer:

30

Explanation:

The line is divided up into 3 parts, a part of 3, a part of 4, and a part of 1. If we had those parts together we get 8 meaning if we divided the line into equal parts that also fit into a, b, and c there would be 8. We can than divide the line into 8 parts which would be 10 each since a line is 180 degrees. Since a is 3 than a gets 3 of those parts meaning a would be 30

I hope this helps and please don't hesitate to ask if there is anything still unclear!

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