Find each angle measure in the figure. Write an equation so that the sum of the angles is 180. 4y + 20 + y - 10 = 180 4y (y - 10) 20°

Find each angle measure in the figure Write an equation so that the sum of the angles is 180 4y 20 y 10 180 4y y 10 20 class=


Answer :

Interior angles of a triangle add up to 180, this imply that

[tex](y-10)+4y+20=180[/tex]

Now, by combining similar terms, we have

[tex]y+4y-10+20=180[/tex]

which gives

[tex]5y+10=180[/tex]

If we movw +10 to the right hand side as -10, we obtain

[tex]\begin{gathered} 5y=180-10 \\ 5y=170 \end{gathered}[/tex]

then, y is equal to

[tex]\begin{gathered} y=\frac{170}{5} \\ y=34 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now, we can substitute this values in order to find the measure of each angle:

[tex]\begin{gathered} (y-10)\Rightarrow34-10=24 \\ \text{and} \\ 4y\Rightarrow4(34)=136 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the angles are 24, 136 and 20 degrees.