The sum of the angle measures of any triangle is 180 degrees. Angle #2 is twice the length of Angle #1 and Angle #3 is 15 degrees less than the Angle #2. What is the measure of each angle?

The measure of angle 1 is 39 degrees,the measure of angle 2 is 78 degrees and the measure of angle 3 is 63 degrees.

Step-by-step explanation:

We will represent the measure of angle 1 by x because it is unknown.

It says that the measure of angle 2 is twice angle 1   so we could represent that as  2x  and the measure of angle 2  is 15 less than angle 3 and we could also represent that by  2x - 15.

Now we know they all add up to 180 so add them up and set them equal to 180 and solve for x.

x + 2x + 2x -15 = 180  

5x - 15 = 180

      +15   +15

5x = 195

x = 39  

If x is equal to 39 then the measure of angle 1 is 39 degrees and the measure of angle 2 is twice that so 2(39) = 78   which also gives us the measure of angle 2 as 78.

For angle 3 it says that it has to be 15 less than the measure of angle so  subtract 15 from  78 to find the measure of angle 3.

78 - 15 = 63   The measure angle 3 is 63 degrees. Now add the measures all together to see if they equal 180 degrees .

Check:

39 + 78 + 63 = 180

  180 = 180