We propose a methodology for analyzing triple stellar systems that include a visual double star wherein one of the components is a single- or double-lined spectroscopic binary. By using this methodology, we can calculate the most probable values of the spectroscopic binary's inclination, the angular separation between its components, and its stellar masses, and we can even estimate the spectral types. For a few W UMa-type eclipsing binaries, stellar radii are also determined. Moreover, we present new formulae for calculating stellar masses depending on spectral type. In this way we have studied 61 triple systems, five of them W UMatype eclipsing binaries with low-mass subcomponents. In addition, we study nine quadruple systems, applying the same methodology and considering them twice as a triple system.

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/652/681/table4 (Summary of Derived Quantities for Quadruple Systems)

Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/652/681/table3 (Summary of Derived Quantities for Triple Systems)