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A scalene triangle has 3 angles ABC in degrees, where A = (3x + 7), B = (4x + 5), C = (x + 8). Find the value of largest angle.

Equate all the angles to 180 degrees.3x+7+4x+5+x+8=1808x+20=1808x=160Therefore, x=20.Hence, A=3(20)+7=67B=4(20)+5=85C=20+8=28Therefore the largest angle is B.

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