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One angle of a triangle measures 85°. The other two angles are in a ratio of 9:10. What are the measures of those two angles?

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Let x be the first unknown angle, and y be the second unknown angle.

We know that the sum of the three angles in a triangle is 180 degrees, so:

85 + 9kx + 10kx = 180

where k is a constant representing the ratio of the other two angles.

Simplifying the equation, we get:

19kx = 95

Dividing both sides by 19k, we get:

x = 5/k

Since the ratio of the other two angles is 9:10, we know that:

y = 9kx = 9k(5/k) = 45

So the measures of the two unknown angles are:

x = 5/k and y = 45

We cannot find the exact measures of x and y without more information, but we know that x and y are in a ratio of 9:10 and their sum is 180 - 85 = 95 degrees. We can set up the following equation to solve for k:

5/k + 45/k = 95

50/k = 95

k = 50/95

Using this value of k, we can find the measures of x and y:

x = 5/k = 5/(50/95) = 9.5

y = 9kx = 9(50/95)(9.5) = 47.37

Therefore, the measures of the two unknown angles are x = 9.5 degrees and y = 47.37 degrees (rounded to two decimal places).

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