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Find all interior angles of a triangle, using the given the ratios among them. Angles' ratio: 3:4:5

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Using the extended ratio, we can let the angles be 3x3x, 4x4x, and 5x5x, all in degrees.

By Triangle Sum Theorem, the sum of the interior angle measures in a triangle is 180°180\text{\textdegree} so we can write:

3x+4x+5x=180°3x+4x+5x=180\text{\textdegree}

Solve for xx:

12x=180°12x=180\text{\textdegree}

x=15°x=15\text{\textdegree}

So, the measures of the interior angles are:

3x3(15°)=45°4x4(15°)=60°5x5(15°)=75°\begin{align*} 3x&\to 3(15\text{\textdegree})=\color{#c34632}45\text{\textdegree}\\ 4x&\to 4(15\text{\textdegree})=\color{#c34632}60\text{\textdegree}\\ 5x&\to 5(15\text{\textdegree})=\color{#c34632}75\text{\textdegree} \end{align*}

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