Problema Solution

The three angles in a triangle always add up to 180. if one angle in a triangle is 108 and the second is 5 times the third, what is the smallest angles?

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Let x be the smallest angel then the other angel is 5x.

So x+5x+108=180

    6x+108=180

    6x=180-108=72

     x=12