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Help Asap ! Find The Measure Of Angle A In The Triangle.

Help Asap ! Find The Measure Of Angle A In The Triangle.-example-1
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Answer: m<A = 35

Step-by-step explanation: The sum of the measures

of the interior angles of a triangle is 180°.

So we can setup the equation 3x + 5 + 8x + 65 = 180.

Combining our numbers and variables on the left, we have 11x + 70 = 180.

Now subtract 70 from both sides to get 11x = 110.

Dividing both sides by 11, we find that x = 10.

In the diagram, the m<A is represented as 3x + 5.

Plugging a 10 in for x, we have 3(10) + 5 or 30 + 5 which is 35.

So the m<A = 35.

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