The measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1: 4: 5. What is the measure of the smallest angle?
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Let's take a peek at the denominators first off, and do a "prime factoring" on them.
25 = 5 * 5
27 = 3 * 3 * 3
45 = 3 * 3 * 5
the numbers in bold are repeated there more than once among the factors, and therefore we'll use them once, so our LCD will be 5 * 5 * 3 * 3 * 3, or 675.
25 = 5 * 5
27 = 3 * 3 * 3
45 = 3 * 3 * 5
the numbers in bold are repeated there more than once among the factors, and therefore we'll use them once, so our LCD will be 5 * 5 * 3 * 3 * 3, or 675.