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prealgebra senior
Problem
Two interior angles and of pentagon are and . Two of the remaining angles, and , are equal and the fifth angle is more than twice . Find the measure of the largest angle.
Solution
The sum of the angle measures in a polygon with sides is degrees. So, the sum of the pentagon's angles is degrees.
Let and each have measure , so . Therefore, we must have Simplifying the left side gives , so and . This means the largest angle has measure .
Let and each have measure , so . Therefore, we must have Simplifying the left side gives , so and . This means the largest angle has measure .
Final answer
205^\circ