Question

A right angle is divided into 3 angles in the ratio of 1:2:3. Find the measure of each angle...
Pleaseee help :)))

Answer 1

hi.

Answer 2

hello :) can you help me?

Answer 3

i think so.

Answer 4

okay help away lol

Answer 5

ok. now if we look at the ratios, you can see that the first angle we can call x.

Answer 6

the next angle has a ratio of 2 to 1 of the first.

Answer 7

this is mathematicalese for the next angle is twice as big as the first. ok so far?

Answer 8

yeah im decent

Answer 9

what might you be able to say about the third angle compared to the first angle, which we are saying has a measure of x degrees

Answer 10

+1 for "mathematicalese"

Answer 11

tx. lol

Answer 12

I sometimes like to say, "mathematical lingo, or 'mumbo-jumbo' for short."

But anyway, yeah, three angles that add up to 90º

Answer 13

lol..

Answer 14

so tutu, do you see that if we call the measure of the first angle x, then the measure of the second angle is 2x, so the third angle would measure....

Answer 15

are you still there tutu?

Answer 16

questions are good if you are having difficulty.

Answer 17

hopefully, you will be able to see that the ratio is a confusing way to break the angle into 6 parts

Answer 18

so the equation you need to solve is x+2x+3x=90

Answer 19

i hope this helps you

Answer 20

im soo sorry my connection went bad. but i understand what you did.. im just lost on the solving that eqation

Answer 21

x+2x+3x=90
combine like terms on the left hand side of the equation.

Answer 22

so that will be 6x=90?

Answer 23

@juantweaver is that right? 6x=90?

Answer 24

perfect

Answer 25

then divide it and x=15?

Answer 26

then divide both sides by 6

Answer 27

yup

Answer 28

thanks :)

Answer 29

this gives you x (which is just one of the angles), you also have to find the other two angles, which are 2*x and 3*x

Answer 30

ughhhh i'm really confused like i dont know what im doing.

Answer 31

you have three angles. Their measures are x, 2x, and 3x. You have solved for x, which is 15. So that is the answer for the first measurement. How can you solve for the other two angle measurements.

Answer 32

not that to be specific.. I'm talking about EVERYTHING like im confused with the whole problem.

Answer 33

there are a lot of math concepts being used here.

Answer 34

do you want to start at the beginning?

Answer 35

yeah i know.. and Yes please

Answer 36

Alright, let's draw a picture.

Answer 37

i get this drawing from the statement that the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 1:2:3

Answer 38

do you know what a ratio is?

Answer 39

isnt it the ratio given?

Answer 40

yes, i was wondering if you knew what a ratio was?

Answer 41

ohh lol yeah i do.. its the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

Answer 42

alright so this is how we get the variables for the triangle that I drew.

Answer 43

do you follow that?

Answer 44

yeah i see that.