Question

Triangle ABC is a right triangle, angle B is the right angle, angle A is

8x + 2, and angle C is 9x + 3.
What is the measurement of angle A?
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5°
42°
45°
48°

Answer 1

The answer is 42 degrees.

A triangle has to equal 180 degrees in total. Because you know it is a right triangle and b is the right angle you make angle a plus c equal 90. You add together 8x and 9x to get 17x and add the 2 and 3 to get 5. You have to solve for x so you subtract 5 from both sides to get 17x = 85. To get x alone you divide both sides by 17 giving you x=5. Now that you have x you plug it into to the equation for angle a. This gives you 8(5)+2 which equals 42.

8x+2+9x+3=90
17x+5=90
17x=85
X=5

8(5)+2=
40+2=42