Problema Solution
One of the measures of the angels of a triangle is 25°. If the sum of the measures of the two angels is 155° and the difference between their measure is 5°, what are the measures of the unknown angles?
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Let 'x' and 'y' represent the measure is the unknown angles.
Using the given conditions we can write the following system of equations:
x + y = 155
y - x = 5
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x = 75°
y = 80°
The measures of the unknown angles are 75° and 80°.