A triangle has angle measures that are related as follows:
I) the largest angle is eight times the smallest angle.
ii) the middle angle is triple the smallest angle.
a) sketch the triangle and label its angles using your chosen variable.
choose one variable and explain what it represents.
b) the angles of the triangle add up to 180 degrees. write and simplify an equation to represent the sum of the angles of this triangle. do not solve the equation yet. write a concluding statement.
c) using the equation from part b) calculate the measures of the angles.

you are playing an adventure game on your computer. you come across a troll who won't let you pass and there is no other way to get to the other side of the river except over the bridge he is guarding.

the troll is a nerd. he takes great delight in watching people struggle with his problems. very few get them. he only gives you one chance and then he changes the puzzle. you have to solve this one.

before you are four blocks. they are numbered 11,6, -7,21.

he tells that the answer he wants is minus and between -1 and - 2. you can use +, -, ×, ÷   ( and ) as many times as you like or no times at all. you don't like the way he's looking at you, but you need to cross the bridge. what do you do?

-3(b-8)-5=9(b+2)+1

distribute

-3b+24-5=9b+18+1

add/ subtract

-3b+20=9b+19

20-19= 1

-3b+1=9b

9b+3b= 12b

1=12b

1 divided by 12 = 1/12

answer: 1/12 = b