Ratio of Angles in a Triangle

Geometry Level 1

The angles of a triangle are in a ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 3:4:5 . What is the measure (in degrees) of the largest angle?

90 60 120 75

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3 solutions

Arron Kau Staff
May 13, 2014

Let the angles be 3 α , 4 α , 5 α 3 \alpha, 4\alpha, 5\alpha . Since the angles in a triangle sum up to 18 0 180^\circ , we have 12 α = 18 0 12 \alpha = 180^\circ α = 1 5 \Rightarrow \alpha = 15^\circ . Thus, the largest angle is 5 × 1 5 = 7 5 5 \times 15^\circ = 75^\circ .

Note: The angles are in a 3 : 4 : 5 3:4:5 ratio does not imply that the sides are in a 3 : 4 : 5 3:4:5 ratio. The latter gives a right-angled triangle.

Mahdi Raza
Mar 9, 2020

The angles are: 3 x , 4 x , 5 x \textcolor{#3D99F6}{3x}, \textcolor{#D61F06}{4x}, \textcolor{#20A900}{5x}

Sum of angles = 3 x + 4 x + 5 x 180 = 3 x + 4 x + 5 x 180 = 12 x 15 = x \\ \begin{aligned} \text{Sum of angles} &= \textcolor{#3D99F6}{3x} + \textcolor{#D61F06}{4x} + \textcolor{#20A900}{5x} \\ 180 &= \textcolor{#3D99F6}{3x} + \textcolor{#D61F06}{4x} + \textcolor{#20A900}{5x} \\ 180&= 12x \\ 15 &= x \end{aligned}

Largest angle = 5 x = 5 ( 15 ) = 75 \begin{aligned} \text{Largest angle} &= 5x \\ &= 5(15) \\ &= \boxed{75} \end{aligned}

Subbu Raman
Nov 15, 2014

since the angles of a triangle is 180, 3x+4x+5x=180,12x=180,x=15 largest angle =5x=5x15=75

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